雪上加霜 — Chinese idiom
雪上加霜
xuě shàng jiā shuāng
Meaning
- to make matters even worse
- to add insult to injury
Character by character
- 雪xuěsnow; wipe away shame, avenge
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
- 加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment
- 霜shuāngfrost; frozen, crystallized, candied
Idioms sharing a character
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming
- 报仇雪耻 bào chóu xuě chǐ
- 报仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn
- 欺霜傲雪 qī shuāng ào xuě
- 程门立雪 Chéng mén lì xuě
- 聚萤映雪 jù yíng yìng xuě
- 雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn
- 雪泥鸿爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo
- 风花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè
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