自生自灭 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 自生自滅 zìshēngzìmiè ㄗˋ ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ to emerge and perish on its own to run its course (idiom) Character by character 自(zì)self 生(shēng)grow 自(zì)self 灭(miè)extinguish or put out A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0