created sense approved 推波助澜/推波助瀾 · tuībōzhùlán · to add fuel to the fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
推波助澜 / 推波助瀾
tuībōzhùlán
to add fuel to the fire
(idiom) to push the waves and add to the billows, meaning to encourage something to get bigger or to fan the flames of an existing situation; often used in a negative sense to describe making a bad situation worse
推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to push 波 (literal) → 波 · bō · wave (water) 助 (literal) → 助 · zhù · to help 澜 (literal) → 澜/瀾 · lán · large waves
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