自找苦吃

to bring trouble on oneself

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions / you asked for it / to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant)

to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]