害人害己

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害人害己

hàirénhàijǐ Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄏㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˋ ㄐㄧˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
hoi⁶ jan⁴ hoi⁶ gei² Cantonese, Jyutping
hàirénhàijǐ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄏㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˋ ㄐㄧˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
hàirénhàijǐ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
hai⁴-jên²-hai⁴-chi³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
hài-rén-hài-jǐ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
hayrenhayjii Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
хайжэньхайцзи Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/xaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
hoi⁶ jan⁴ hoi⁶ gei² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
hoih yàhn hoih géi Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
hoi⁶ yen⁴ hoi⁶ géi² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/hɔːi̯²² jɐn²¹ hɔːi̯²² kei̯³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

phrase

損害別人，也損害自己

In English

hoist by one's own petard be hurt by one's own plot
the chickens come home to roost a person's past wrongdoings will always return to negatively affect them (idiom)

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害人害己. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AE%B3%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%B3%E5%B7%B1

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {害人害己},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AE%B3%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%B3%E5%B7%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}