飞蛾投火 (fēi é tóu huǒ) — lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction · Chinese · Nantoka

fēi é tóu huǒ

Traditional: 飛蛾投火

飞蛾投火 (fēi é tóu huǒ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction”.

Meanings

1lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction

Characters in 飞蛾投火

飞fēi · to fly 蛾é · (bound form) moth 投tóu · to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)火huǒ · fire

Related words

飞机airplane 飞to fly 投票to vote; to cast a vote 火fire 火surname Huo 投to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)火车train 投资investment 投入to throw into 飞行(of planes etc) to fly 飞船spaceship 开火to open fire; to start shooting

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