雪上加霜

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Chinese

snow
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 add; plus frost
trad. (雪上加霜)
simp. #(雪上加霜)
Literally: “to add frost on top of snow”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

雪上加霜

  1. (figurative) to make a bad situation worse; to add insult to injury; to rub salt in the wound

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雪上加霜):
  • Korean: 설상가상(雪上加霜) (seolsanggasang)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

雪上加霜 (seolsanggasang) (hangeul 설상가상)

  1. hanja form? of 설상가상 (making a bad situation worse)