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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「油澆火燎」 here, with meaning and examples.

We’re presenting the idiom 「油澆火燎」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Describes anxiety.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yóu jiāo huǒ liáo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau2/yau4 giu1/hiu1 fo2 liu4

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.