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惹火烧身

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Collocation

1
惹火烧身的事干不得
2
别惹火烧身

Definition

惹火烧身

Literally means:

stir up fire only to burn oneself

Actually means:

ask for trouble

It figuratively means courting disaster or bringing ouble trouble upon oneself.

比喻自己招惹灾祸,害了自己。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or obiect. (作谓语、定语、宾语)
1
shì
lǎo
diàngōng
电工
  
,
què
yòng
tóu
斧头
kǎn
gāo
高压
diànxiàn
电线
  
,
jiēguǒ
结果
huǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
  
,
báisòng
白送
le
自己
de
xìngmìng
性命
  

He was an old electrician, but he used an axe to cut high-voltage wires, only to get angry and kill himself.

2
Fángchǎnshāng
房地产商
yuàn
愿意
gōngkāi
公开
fáng
房屋
de
jiànzào
建造
chéngběn
成本
  
,
yuányīn
原因
zài
在于
yuàn
愿意
zuò
huǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
de
shì
  

Real estate developers are reluctant to disclose the cost of building a home because they are unwilling to do anything that provokes them.

3
Zhěngróng
整容
xiǎoxīnjǐnshèn
小心谨慎
  
,
jiù
huì
huǒshāoshēn
惹火烧身
  
,
zàochéng
造成
huǐróng
毁容
de
yánzhòng
严重
hòuguǒ
后果
  

If the facelift is not careful, it will cause a fire, resulting in serious consequences of disfiguretion.

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