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Chinese
Pronunciation
Idiom
抱薪救火
- to adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse
止言以言，止事以事，譬猶揚堁而弭塵，抱薪而救火。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
止言以言，止事以事，譬犹扬堁而弭尘，抱薪而救火。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- Zhǐ yán yǐ yán, zhǐ shì yǐ shì, pì yóu yáng kè ér mǐ chén, bào xīn ér jiùhuǒ.
- Use words to stop other people's gossip, and use actions to quell troubles, just like raising dust to quell it, or carrying firewood to put out a fire.
且夫以地事秦譬猶抱薪救火，薪不盡，火不滅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
且夫以地事秦譬犹抱薪救火，薪不尽，火不灭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qiě fú yǐ dì shì Qín pì yóu bàoxīnjiùhuǒ, xīn bùjìn, huǒ bùmiè.
- Moreover, ceding land to Qin is like carrying firewood to put out a fire. The fire will not go out until the firewood is burned out.
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References
- “Entry #16067”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.