what goes around, comes around

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what goes around, comes around

The status eventually returns to its original value after completing some sort of cycle.
A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.

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the status returns to its original value

actions have consequences

Chinese:

Mandarin: 善有善報，惡有惡報 cmn(cmn), 善有善报，恶有恶报 cmn(cmn) (shànyǒushànbào, èyǒu'èbào) (kind deeds pay rich dividends, evil is repaid with evil); 種瓜得瓜 cmn(cmn), 种瓜得瓜 cmn(cmn) (zhòngguādéguā); 種豆得豆 cmn(cmn), 种豆得豆 cmn(cmn) (zhòngdòudédòu) (as you sow, so shall you reap)
Czech: jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá cs(cs) (the way you call into the wood it will come back)
Danish: hvad et menneske sår skal han høste da(da) (whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap), som man råber i skoven får man svar da(da) (if one makes rude remarks one must expect a rude reply)

Dutch: wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten nl(nl)
Finnish: minkä taakseen jättää, sen edestään löytää fi(fi) (what you leave behind you, that you will find in front of you), mikä laulaen tulee, se viheltäen menee fi(fi) (what comes singing, will leave whistling)
German: wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus de(de) (the way you call into the wood is the way it will echo back at you)
Japanese: 因果応報 ja(ja) (いんがおうほう, inga-ōhō)
Russian: как аукнется, так и откликнется ru(ru) (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja) (as you shout, so shall you hear), что посеешь, то и пожнёшь ru(ru) (što poséješ, to i požnjóš) (as you sow, so shall you reap)

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Arabic: أكلت يوم أكل الثور الأبيض ar(ar)
Bulgarian: каквото повикало, такова се обадило bg(bg), (what is the call, such is the answer)
Italian: chi semina vento, raccoglie tempesta it(it) (who had bad behaviors, will receive worse behaviors), chi la fa l'aspetti it(it) (who had done something will have the same thing back)

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