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惹火烧身
/ rěhuǒ shāo shēn /
Strokes
Definition
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
Example
Definition
stir up a fire only to burn oneself—court disaster; play with fire; ask for/look for/invite trouble; bring trouble upon oneself; burn one's own fingers
1
Wǒ
我
cái
才
bùhuì
不会
rěhuǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
。
I would never be so foolish as to invite trouble.
2
Jiào
叫
tā
他
bùyào
不要
rěhuǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
。
Tell him not to bring trouble upon himself.
3
Nàyàng
那样
yīlái
一来
nǐ
你
jiù
就
rěhuǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
le
了
。
That way you'll be courting disaster.