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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
cái
huì
不会
huǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
  

I would never be so foolish as to invite trouble.

2
Jiào
yào
不要
huǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
  

Tell him not to bring trouble upon himself.

3
yàng
那样
lái
一来
jiù
huǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
le
  

That way you'll be courting disaster.

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惹火烧身