抱薪救火

Chinese

		to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish	fuel; salary	to fight a fire; to try to extinguish a fire
trad. (抱薪救火)		抱	薪	救火
simp. ^#(抱薪救火)		抱	薪	救火
Literally: “to carry firewood to put out a fire”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàosinjiòuhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-hsin¹-chiu⁴-huo³
  - Yale: bàu-syīn-jyòu-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawshinjiowhuoo
  - Palladius: баосиньцзюхо (baosinʹczjuxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²
  - Yale: póuh sān gau fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁵ sen¹ geo³ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³ sɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

抱薪救火

to adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse

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