dig one's own grave

dig one's own grave

Digging one's own grave, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì Ju é f é nm ù, which means that what one does is like digging one's own grave. It is a metaphor for seeking death. From the legend of immortals.

The origin of Idioms

Ge Hong's biography of immortals in Jin Dynasty: "if you don't answer, you ask for a pen and paper. The painting has dozens of weapons and staff, and then you break them one by one with your hands. Another painting is a man who digs and buries them, and then you go away. The first lord was not happy. However, when he went out to fight Wu, he was defeated. He was angry and shamed and died. Everyone knows what it means. "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, object; derogatory

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym self destruction, self trap, self-restraint antonym self respect and self love

Idiom story

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, the leader of Shu, was ready to attack the eastern Wu Dynasty. Before the action, he asked someone to go to Yiqi to divine the good and bad luck. After Yiqi arrived, Liu Bei received him very politely and explained his intention. Yiqi doesn't speak. He just draws a lot of soldiers and horses on white paper and tears them up one by one. Then draw an adult, dig a hole in the ground and bury it. Later, Liu Bei's eastern expedition failed.