飞蛾扑火
fēi'é​pū​huǒ

to seek one's own doom

  • created reference approved 飞蛾扑火/飛蛾撲火 → 飞蛾投火/飛蛾投火 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    飞蛾扑火 / 飛蛾撲火 fēi'é​pū​huǒ

    飞蛾投火 / 飛蛾投火 fēi'é​tóu​huǒ

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 飞蛾扑火/飛蛾撲火 · fēi'é​pū​huǒ · to seek one's own doom — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    飞蛾扑火 / 飛蛾撲火

    fēi'é​pū​huǒ

    to seek one's own doom

    a moth flies into the flame; to head for certain destruction or seek one's own end; fatal attraction

    飞蛾 (literal) → 飞蛾/飛蛾 · fēi'é · moth 扑 (literal) → 扑/撲 · pū · to throw oneself at 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire

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

    created sense