火上澆油

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See also: 火上浇油

Chinese

fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
 to water oil; sly
trad. (火上澆油) 火 上 澆 油
simp. (火上浇油) 火 上 浇 油
alternative forms 火上添油
火上加油

Pronunciation

Idiom

火上澆油

  1. (figurative) to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 火上加油 (“to add fuel to the fire”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 火上加油, 火上澆油
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 火上加油
Harbin 加鋼兒
Malaysia 火上加油
Singapore 火上加油
Cantonese Hong Kong 火上加油
Gan Pingxiang 加櫼
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 火缽添油
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 火缽添油
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 火缽添油
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 火缽添油
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 火缽添油
Southern Min Xiamen 火上加油
Puxian Min Putian 灶焰添柴
Xianyou 灶焰添柴
Xiang Loudi 火上加油

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