Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「以火救火」, explained below.
Discover the idiom 「以火救火」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Fight fire with fire. It is a metaphor that using incorrect working methods is not only unhelpful but also harmful.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ huǒ jiù huǒ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 fo2 gau3 fo2
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
