Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「以火去蛾」 here, with meaning and examples.
We’re presenting the idiom 「以火去蛾」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
E likes to throw fire, and use fire to drive away moths, and the more moths there are. The metaphorical behavior and purpose are contradictory and can only lead to opposite results.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ huǒ qù é
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 fo2 heui3 ngo4
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
