自食苦果

see 自食惡果|自食恶果[zi4 shi2 e4 guo3]

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really

variant of 果[guo3] / fruit

lit. bitter fruit / fig. painful consequence