火上浇油 — Chinese idiom
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
Traditional: 火上澆油
Meaning
- to pour oil on the fire ; fig. to aggravate a situation
- to enrage people and make matters worse
Character by character
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
- 浇jiāoto spray, to sprinkle, to water
- 油yóuoil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
Idioms sharing a character
- 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
- 如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú
- 后院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ
- 急如星火 jí rú xīng huǒ
- 惹火烧身 rě huǒ shāo shēn
- 战火纷飞 zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
- 打得火热 dǎ de huǒ rè
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