Enjoy free Chinese learning resources from us! This series covers idioms and proverbs, which are meaningful and useful in various scenarios. Let’s explore 「以湯沃沸」 and its usage below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「以湯沃沸」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Soup: boiling water; 沃: pour; 沸: boil, boil. Take the boiling water and stop it from boiling. If the metaphor is handled incorrectly, it will not only fail to stop the trend, but will instead encourage the momentum that has already been built up.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ tāng wò fèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 tong1 yuk1 fai3
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
