Read Edit View history 以火救火 yǐhuǒjiùhuǒ to pour oil on the fire Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以火救火 yǐhuǒjiùhuǒ to pour oil on the fire to try to put out a fire with fire; used to describe an incorrect approach that only makes a situation worse instead of fixing it Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References See 以水救水 yǐshuǐjiùshuǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
以火救火 yǐhuǒjiùhuǒ to pour oil on the fire to try to put out a fire with fire; used to describe an incorrect approach that only makes a situation worse instead of fixing it Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References See 以水救水 yǐshuǐjiùshuǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)