玩火自焚
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; to get one's fingers burnt
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- (verb, idiom) to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
- to get one's fingers burnt
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挨(āi)— in order
→惹火烧身(rě huǒ shāo shēn)— stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
→弦而鼓之(xián ér gǔ zhī)— lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions
→恶有恶报(è yǒu è bào)— evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds
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