火上添油
huǒ​shàng​tiān​yóu

to add fuel to the fire

  • created sense approved 火上添油 · huǒ​shàng​tiān​yóu · to add fuel to the fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    火上添油

    huǒ​shàng​tiān​yóu

    to add fuel to the fire

    to pour oil on the fire; to make a bad situation even worse by taking actions that provoke further anger or conflict

    火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire 上 (bound) → 上 · shang · on 添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 油 (literal) → 油 · yóu · oil

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

    created sense