Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「引火燒身」. Explanation below.
The idiom 「引火燒身」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
Originally a metaphor for asking for trouble or bringing about one’s own destruction. It is now often used to describe actively exposing one’s own shortcomings and mistakes in order to gain everyone’s criticism and help.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐn huǒ shāo shēn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan5 fo2 siu1 san1
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