Mùjiang dài jiā; zì zuò zì shòu.

木匠戴夾, 自作自受。

Lit [When a] carpenter [ends up] wearing a cangue [i.e., a wooden yoke], [it's a case of] getting what [he] himself made.

Fig One will suffer the consequences of one's own actions. “As a man sows, so shall he reap.” “As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.” “Hoist with one' s own petard.”

Note [This is also used as a xiehouyu, with the second part delayed or suppressed; zìzuò-zìshòu is also a set phrase with the same meaning.]

Topics ACTIONS CAUSE CONSEQUENCES xiehouyu zìzuò-zìshòu