以汤沃沸 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

以yǐ汤tāng沃wò沸fèi

to manage a situation badly (idiom)
trad. 以湯沃沸

Also written 以湯沃沸【yǐ tāng wò fèi】

Characters in this word

4

以

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old variant of 以[yi3]

Pinyin: yǐ
Traditional: 㕥

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 367 of 2500

Words starting with 以 Words ending in 以 Anywhere in a word

汤

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surname Tang

Pinyin: Tāng
Traditional: 湯

Strokes: 6
Frequency: 3808 of 2500

Words starting with 汤 Words ending in 汤 Anywhere in a word

沃

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fertile, rich, to irrigate, to wash (of river)

Pinyin: wò

Strokes: 7
Frequency: 11352 of 2500

Words starting with 沃 Words ending in 沃 Anywhere in a word

沸

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to boil

Pinyin: fèi

Strokes: 8
Frequency: 37302 of 2500

Words starting with 沸 Words ending in 沸 Anywhere in a word