"자업자득" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕa̠ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠dɯk̚] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ja'eopjadeuk [romanization], 自業自得 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 自 (“self”) + 業 (“result, karma”) + 自 (“self”) + 得 (“obtain”) Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|自業自}}, {{ko-etym-Sino|自|self|業|result, karma|自|self|得|obtain}} Sino-Korean word from 自 (“self”) + 業 (“result, karma”) + 自 (“self”) + 得 (“obtain”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=自業自得}} 자업자득 • (ja'eopjadeuk) (hanja 自業自得)
  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making one's bed and lying in it, reaping what one sows Derived forms: 자업자득하다 (ja'eopjadeukhada)

Inflected forms

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        ],
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          "reap what one sows"
        ]
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      ]
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    }
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        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "自業自得",
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        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        ],
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        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
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      "hangeul": "자업짜득"
    },
    {
      "other": "[자업짜득]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "자업자득"
}

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