以火救火 yǐhuǒjiùhuǒ to pour oil on the fire Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以火救火 yǐhuǒjiùhuǒ to pour oil on the fire to try to put out a fire with fire; used to describe an incorrect approach that only makes a situation worse instead of fixing it Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References See 以水救水 yǐshuǐjiùshuǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
以火救火 yǐhuǒjiùhuǒ to pour oil on the fire to try to put out a fire with fire; used to describe an incorrect approach that only makes a situation worse instead of fixing it Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References See 以水救水 yǐshuǐjiùshuǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
