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Korean Four-Character Idioms

자업자득

自業自得

Word for word

“your own deeds, your own result”

What it means

You brought it on yourself.

When you'd use it

Consequences of your own bad choices.

Example

밤새 게임하고 지각했으니 자업자득이지.You gamed all night and overslept — you brought that on yourself.

A Korean proverb with a similar idea

콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 →
Try yours