抱薪救火

Chinese

		to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish	fuel; salary	to fight a fire; to try to extinguish a fire
trad. (抱薪救火)		抱	薪	救火
simp. #(抱薪救火)		抱	薪	救火
Literally: “to carry firewood to put out a fire”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàosinjiòuhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-hsin¹-chiu⁴-huo³
    • Yale: bàu-syīn-jyòu-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawshinjiowhuoo
    • Palladius: баосиньцзюхо (baosinʹczjuxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²
    • Yale: póuh sān gau fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁵ sen¹ geo³ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³ sɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

抱薪救火

1. to adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse