以火救火
yǐ​huǒ​jiù​huǒ

to pour oil on the fire

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

    以火救火 yǐ​huǒ​jiù​huǒ

    以水救水 yǐ​shuǐ​jiù​shuǐ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以火救火 · yǐ​huǒ​jiù​huǒ · to pour oil on the fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以火救火

    yǐ​huǒ​jiù​huǒ

    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

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire 救 (literal) → 救 · jiù · to stop 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire

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

    created sense