4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 03

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Introducing the idiom 「火上加油」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Cheering on the sidelines to increase the anger of others or to help escalate the situation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huǒ shàng jiā yóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fo2 seung6 ga1 yau4

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