雪上加霜
xuě​shàng​jiā​shuāng HSK7

one disaster after another

  • created sense approved 雪上加霜 · xuě​shàng​jiā​shuāng · one disaster after another — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雪上加霜

    xuě​shàng​jiā​shuāng

    one disaster after another

    (idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury; literally to add frost to snow

    雪 (literal) → 雪 · xuě · snow 上 (literal) → 上 · shang · on 加 (literal) → 加 · jiā · to add 霜 (literal) → 霜 · shuāng · frost

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