抱薪救火 — Chinese idiom
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
Meaning
- lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire ; fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
Character by character
- 抱bàoto embrace, to hold in one's arms; to enfold
- 薪xīnfuel, firewood; salary
- 救jiùaid, help; to rescue, to save
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
Idioms sharing a character
- 左拥右抱 zuǒ yōng yòu bào
- 打抱不平 dǎ bào bù píng
- 抱恨终天 bào hèn zhōng tiān
- 抱恨黄泉 bào hèn huáng quán
- 抱残守缺 bào cán shǒu quē
- 抱头鼠窜 bào tóu shǔ cuàn
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn
- 杯水车薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn
- 卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn
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