Correct
玩火自焚
/ wán huǒ zì fén /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
不要玩火自焚
2
落得个玩火自焚的下场
3
玩火必自焚
4
玩火者自焚
Definition
玩火自焚:
Literally means:
he who plays with fire will get burnt
Actually means:
one is bound to pay for his evil doing
焚 refers to burning.
It figuratively means if one risks doing anything evil, he will have to pay for it. Derogatory.
焚，烧。
玩火自焚，比喻冒险做坏事的人必定承受由此引起的恶果。具有贬义色彩。
Example
Used as minor sentence, or as attributive or object. It can have other words in between. (作小句、定语、宾语，中间可以插入别的词语)
1
Wánhuǒ
玩火
zhě
者
bì
必
zìfén
自焚
,
nàxiē
那些
lìyòng
利用
zhíquán
职权
zuò
做
huàishì
坏事
de
的
rén
人
,
gègè
个个
dū
都
huì
会
shòudào
受到
yīngyǒu
应有
de
的
chéngfá
惩罚
。
Those who play with fire will set themselves on fire, and those who use their power to do bad things will be punished as they should be.
2
Tā
他
bù
不
tīng
听
quàngào
劝告
,
màoxiǎn
冒险
fànmài
贩卖
dúpǐn
毒品
,
zuìzhōng
最终
luòde
落得
gè
个
wánhuǒzìfén
玩火自焚
de
的
xiàchǎng
下场
,
bèi
被
pàn
判
le
了
èrshí
二十
nián
年
túxíng
徒刑
。
He took the advice, ventured into drug trafficking, and ended up playing with fire and was sentenced to twenty years in prison.
3
Fǎlǜ
法律
shì
是
shénshèng
神圣
de
的
,
miǎoshì
藐视
fǎlǜ
法律
,
gǎn
敢
hé
和
fǎlǜ
法律
kāiwánxiào
开玩笑
de
的
rén
人
,
bìdìng
必定
shì
是
wánhuǒzìfén
玩火自焚
。
The law is sacred, contempt for the law, dare to joke with the law, must be playing with fire.