纵风止燎
zòng​fēng​zhǐ​liáo

to worsen the situation

  • created reference approved 纵风止燎/縱風止燎 → 推波助澜/推波助瀾 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    纵风止燎 / 縱風止燎 zòng​fēng​zhǐ​liáo

    推波助澜 / 推波助瀾 tuī​bō​zhù​lán

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 纵风止燎/縱風止燎 · zòng​fēng​zhǐ​liáo · to worsen the situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    纵风止燎 / 縱風止燎

    zòng​fēng​zhǐ​liáo

    to worsen the situation

    (idiom) to try and stop a fire by letting the wind blow; to make a bad situation worse by not stopping its cause or by using methods that actually encourage it

    zòng​fēng​zhǐ​liào

    纵 (literal) → 纵/縱 · zòng · to release 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 止 (literal) → 止 · zhǐ · to suppress 燎 (literal) → 燎 · liáo · to burn

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