玩火自焚 — Chinese idiom
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
Meaning
- to play with fire and get burnt ; fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
- to get one's fingers burnt
Character by character
- 玩wánto play with, to joke, to entertain
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 焚fénto burn
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 玩世不恭 wán shì bù gōng
- 玩物丧志 wán wù sàng zhì
- 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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