惹火烧身
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt; fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
idiom
Traditional: 惹火燒身
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- (idiom) stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
- fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
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Related Words
玩火自焚(wán huǒ zì fén)· to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
→惹火(rě huǒ)· to stir up the fire
→城门失火，殃及池鱼(chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú)· a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
→元宝(yuán bǎo)· a silver or gold ingot
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