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 save; to assist; to rescue	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
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): bàoxīnjiùhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bàoxīnjiùhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawshinjiowhuuo
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàosinjiòuhuǒ
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²
  - Yale: póuh sān gau fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁵ sen¹ geo³ fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³ sɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

抱薪救火

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

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