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抱薪救火
bào​xīn​jiù​huǒ

to make things worse

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
抱薪救火 bào​xīn​jiù​huǒ
to make things worse
literally to carry firewood to put out a fire; to make a problem worse by using a wrong or counterproductive approach.

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0.027 per million

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Synonym

  • 以汤止沸 yǐ​tāng​zhǐ​fèi

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