火上浇油
huǒ​shàng​jiāo​yóu

to pour oil on the fire

  • created reference approved 火上浇油/火上澆油 → 火上加油 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    火上浇油 / 火上澆油 huǒ​shàng​jiāo​yóu

    火上加油 huǒ​shàng​jiā​yóu

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 火上浇油/火上澆油 · huǒ​shàng​jiāo​yóu · to pour oil on the fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    火上浇油 / 火上澆油

    huǒ​shàng​jiāo​yóu

    to pour oil on the fire

    To aggravate a situation or enrage people and make matters worse; figuratively, to make a bad situation even more intense.

    火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire 上 (literal) → 上 · shang · on 浇 (literal) → 浇/澆 · jiāo · to pour 油 (literal) → 油 · yóu · oil

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

    created sense