生气踢石头，伤的是自己的脚生氣踢石頭，傷的是自己的腳生氣踢石頭，傷的是自己的腳

kicking a stone in anger: it's your own foot that gets hurt

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Taking out your failure on others ends up hurting yourself. Like 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'.

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Simplified: 生气踢石头，伤的是自己的脚
Traditional (Taiwan): 生氣踢石頭，傷的是自己的腳
Pinyin: shēngqì tī shítou, shāng de shì zìjǐ de jiǎo
Bopomofo: ㄕㄥㄑㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄕㄤ ˙ㄉㄜㄕˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄐㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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