惹火烧身 — Chinese idiom
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
Traditional: 惹火燒身
Meaning
- stir up the fire and you get burnt ; to get one's fingers burnt
- fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
Character by character
- 惹rěto incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 烧shāoto burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
Idioms sharing a character
- 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo
- 招风惹草 zhāo fēng rě cǎo
- 沾花惹草 zhān huā rě cǎo
- 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
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