自尋短見尋短見zì xún duǎn jiànbring about one’s own destruction; commit suicide; take one’s own life
? 大王的車子一徑走向鹿臺，找到紂王～的處聽，射了三箭…… (魯迅《故事新編》55) Our king drove straight in his chariot to the Stag Tower. When he found the place where the king of Shang had taken his own life,he shot three arrows at him. 自尋短見zì xún duǎn jiàn短見：自殺。指自己不想活而去找死。seek one’s own destruction, commit suicide, make away with oneself |