粵

一jat1語jyu5成sing4讖caam3

simp一语成谶
jat1 jyu5 sing4 caam3jat1 jyu5 sing4 cam3yī yǔ chéng chèn

English

  1. (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
  2. an unconscious comment or joke unfortunately becomes a prophecy to an undesirable incident by accident; literally, the line becomes a prophecy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 有意無意講咗啲唔吉利嘅嘢，點知事後真係發生咗

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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