自取

to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)

Characters and words in 自取

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch

= + : Mnemonic symbol when used as component in other characters: a bloody ear.

When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear (耳) with his boxing glove (又). Imagine this fight in the space station (Ø3) with cupid (qu) as referee fetching (取) a bloody ear flying through the space station.

Words with 自取

to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions
see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]
(idiom) to embarrass oneself
to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave

Sentences with 自取

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