抱薪救火
Chinese
- to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish
fuel; salary to save; to assist; to rescue fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thrivingtrad. (抱薪救火) 抱 薪 救 火 simp. #(抱薪救火) 抱 薪 救 火 Literally: “to carry firewood to put out a fire”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
抱薪救火
- to adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse