负薪救火
fù​xīn​jiù​huǒ

to add fuel to the fire

  • created sense approved 负薪救火/負薪救火 · fù​xīn​jiù​huǒ · to add fuel to the fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    负薪救火 / 負薪救火

    fù​xīn​jiù​huǒ

    to add fuel to the fire

    Carrying firewood to put out a fire; to use the wrong method to solve a problem, only making the situation worse.

    负薪 (literal) → 负薪/負薪 · fù​xīn · to carry firewood 救火 (literal) → 救火 · jiù​huǒ · to fight a fire

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

    created sense