救焚益薪
jiù​fén​yì​xīn

to add fuel to the fire

  • created sense approved 救焚益薪 · jiù​fén​yì​xīn · to add fuel to the fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    救焚益薪

    jiù​fén​yì​xīn

    to add fuel to the fire

    add firewood to put out the flames; an ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse

    救 (literal) → 救 · jiù · to stop 焚 (literal) → 焚 · fén · to burn 益 (literal) → 益 · yì · to increase 薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood

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

    created sense