馋嘴进药店，自讨苦吃饞嘴進藥店，自討苦吃饞嘴進藥店，自討苦吃

a glutton walks into a pharmacy: asking for bitterness

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes someone who brings suffering on themselves. It is mocking.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both the bitter taste of medicine and hardship or suffering.

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Simplified: 馋嘴进药店，自讨苦吃
Traditional (Taiwan): 饞嘴進藥店，自討苦吃
Pinyin: chánzuǐ jìn yàodiàn, zìtǎokǔchī
Bopomofo: ㄔㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ，ㄗˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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