We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「火上添油」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「火上添油」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Metaphorically used to make someone more angry or make a situation more serious. Same as “adding fuel to the fire”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huǒ shàng tiān yóu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fo2 seung5/seung6 tim1/tim3 yau2/yau4
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
