以水救水
yǐ​shuǐ​jiù​shuǐ

to aggravate a situation

  • created reference approved 以水救水 → 以火救火 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以水救水 yǐ​shuǐ​jiù​shuǐ

    以火救火 yǐ​huǒ​jiù​huǒ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以水救水 · yǐ​shuǐ​jiù​shuǐ · to aggravate a situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以水救水

    yǐ​shuǐ​jiù​shuǐ

    to aggravate a situation

    to make a problem worse instead of solving it; to fuel or encourage an existing danger or bad trend

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · flood 救 (literal) → 救 · jiù · to stop 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · flood

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense