to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse
trad. 火上澆油
Also written 火上澆油【huǒ shàng jiāo yóu】
Characters in this word
4火
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surname Huo
- Pinyin
- Huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2136 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
浇
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to pour liquid, to irrigate (using waterwheel), to water, to cast (molten metal), to mold
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Traditional
- 澆
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 20121 of 2500
油
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oil, fat, grease, petroleum, to apply tung oil, paint or varnish, oily, greasy, glib, cunning
- Pinyin
- yóu
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4405 of 2500