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飞蛾扑火
fēi'é​pū​huǒ

to seek one's own doom

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
飞蛾扑火 飛蛾撲火 fēi'é​pū​huǒ
to seek one's own doom
a moth flies into the flame; to head for certain destruction or seek one's own end; fatal attraction

Frequency

Written text
0.490 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 飞蛾投火 fēi'é​tóu​huǒ

Same as

  • 灯蛾扑火 dēng'é​pū​huǒ

Sources

Frequency data
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