huǒ shàng jiāo yóu

Traditional: 火上澆油

火上浇油 (huǒ shàng jiāo yóu) is a Chinese word meaning “to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse”.

Meanings

  1. 1to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2to enrage people and make matters worse

Characters in 火上浇油

火huǒ · fire上shǎng · used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]浇jiāo · to pour liquid油yóu · oil

Related words

上used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上(bound form) up; upper; above; previous上帝God马上at once晚上evening身上on the body看上去it would appear事实上in fact上面on top of早上early morning加油to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel实际上in fact

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