自掘墳墓

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	dig	grave; tomb
trad. (自掘墳墓)		自	掘	墳墓
simp. (自掘坟墓)		自	掘	坟墓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìjuéfénmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ gwat⁶ fan⁴ mou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìjuéfénmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjyuéfénmù
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chüeh²-fên²-mu⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-jywé-fén-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjyuefernmuh
    • Palladius: цзыцзюэфэньму (czyczjuefɛnʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ fən³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ gwat⁶ fan⁴ mou⁶
    • Yale: jih gwaht fàhn mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ gwat⁹ fan⁴ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ gued⁶ fen⁴ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kʷɐt̚² fɐn²¹ mou̯²²/

Idiom

自掘墳墓

1. to court self-destruction; to dig one's own grave

   Synonym: 自取滅亡 / 自取灭亡 (zìqǔmièwáng)

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 自,‎ 掘 (jué),‎ 坟墓 (fénmù).
   • 2015 May 29, Oriental Daily News (Malaysia), 男子被逼“自掘坟墓”　随后遭IS斩首 (Man was Forced to Dig His Own Tomb, Then Executed by ISIS)‎:

     武裝組織“伊斯蘭國”在昨日又有最新噁心影像流出，這次他們逼一名男子自掘墳墓，隨後將該名男子在自挖的墳墓前斬首。 [MSC, trad.]
     武装组织“伊斯兰国”在昨日又有最新𫫇心影像流出，这次他们逼一名男子自掘坟墓，随后将该名男子在自挖的坟墓前斩首。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǔzhuāng zǔzhī “yīsīlánguó” zài zuórì yòu yǒu zuìxīn èxīn yǐngxiàng liúchū, zhècì tāmen bī yī míng nánzǐ zìjuéfénmù, suíhòu jiāng gāi míng nánzǐ zài zì wā de fénmù qián zhǎnshǒu. [Pinyin]

     Disgusting video was leaked from the militant organization ISIS from yesterday, where they forced a man to dig his own tomb, then beheaded him in front of his own tomb.