自寻短见寻短见zì xún duǎn jiànbring about one’s own destruction; commit suicide; take one’s own life
❍ 大王的车子一径走向鹿台，找到纣王～的处听，射了三箭…… (鲁迅《故事新编》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. 自寻短见zì xún duǎn jiàn短见：自杀。指自己不想活而去找死。seek one’s own destruction, commit suicide, make away with oneself |