"自生自滅" meaning in Chinese

See 自生自滅 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²² miːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 自生自灭 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 自生自滅
  1. to (let something) emerge and perish on its own; to let something go its own way Tags: idiomatic
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自生自灭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "自生自滅",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to (let something) emerge and perish on its own; to let something go its own way"
      ],
      "id": "en-自生自滅-zh-phrase-I50-UWqg",
      "links": [
        [
          "emerge",
          "emerge"
        ],
        [
          "perish",
          "perish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìshēngzìmiè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ sang¹ zi⁶ mit⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìshēngzìmiè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhshengzìhmiè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-shêng¹-tzŭ⁴-mieh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-shēng-dz̀-myè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhshengtzyhmieh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czyšɛnczyme",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзышэнцзыме"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ sang¹ zi⁶ mit⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jih sāng jih miht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi⁶ sang¹ dzi⁶ mit⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁶ seng¹ ji⁶ mid⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²² miːt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "自生自滅"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自生自灭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "自生自滅",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 滅",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 生",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 自",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to (let something) emerge and perish on its own; to let something go its own way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emerge",
          "emerge"
        ],
        [
          "perish",
          "perish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìshēngzìmiè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ sang¹ zi⁶ mit⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìshēngzìmiè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhshengzìhmiè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-shêng¹-tzŭ⁴-mieh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-shēng-dz̀-myè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhshengtzyhmieh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czyšɛnczyme",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзышэнцзыме"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ sang¹ zi⁶ mit⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jih sāng jih miht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi⁶ sang¹ dzi⁶ mit⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁶ seng¹ ji⁶ mid⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²² miːt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "自生自滅"
}

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