verb
to bring destruction upon oneself; to walk into destruction
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
多行不义必自毙。
多行不義必自斃。
duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì 。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
作法自毙
作法自斃
zok3 faat3 zi6 bai6
to suffer the consequences of one's own doing; to bring destruction upon oneself; to walk into destruction; "you ask for it"; literally: to be executed by the law made by oneself