惹火烧身 — Chinese idiom

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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