"自討苦吃" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 自讨苦吃 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 自寻烦恼;自找困难。
    Sense id: zh-自討苦吃-zh-phrase-drXp0g1v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: пострадать (俄语), по (俄语), своей (俄语), же (俄语), вине (俄语), самому (俄语), напроситься (俄语), на (俄语), неприятности (俄语)
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「吃」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「自」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「苦」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「討」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自讨苦吃",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成语",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "自寻烦恼;自找困难。"
      ],
      "id": "zh-自討苦吃-zh-phrase-drXp0g1v"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìtǎokǔchī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìtǎokǔchī [實際讀音:zìtáokǔchī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhtǎokǔchih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-tʻao³-kʻu³-chʻih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-tǎu-kǔ-chr̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhtaokuuchy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czytaokuči",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзытаокучи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "пострадать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "по"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "своей"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "же"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "вине"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "самому"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "напроситься"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "на"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "неприятности"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自討苦吃"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "zh-pron usage missing POS",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「吃」的漢語詞",
    "帶「自」的漢語詞",
    "帶「苦」的漢語詞",
    "帶「討」的漢語詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "漢語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自讨苦吃",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成语",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "自寻烦恼;自找困难。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìtǎokǔchī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìtǎokǔchī [實際讀音:zìtáokǔchī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhtǎokǔchih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-tʻao³-kʻu³-chʻih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-tǎu-kǔ-chr̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhtaokuuchy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czytaokuči",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзытаокучи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "пострадать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "по"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "своей"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "же"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "вине"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "самому"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "напроситься"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "на"
    },
    {
      "lang": "俄语",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "неприятности"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自討苦吃"
}

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