惹火燒身

Chinese

		to provoke; to exasperate; to annoy	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (惹火燒身)		惹	火	燒	身
simp. (惹火烧身)		惹	火	烧	身
Literally: “to stir a fire only to burn oneself”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rěhuǒshāoshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rěhuǒshāoshēn [Phonetic: réhuǒshāoshēn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reehuuoshaushen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹
  - Yale: yéh fó sīu sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ fo² xiu¹ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

惹火燒身

to court disaster; to ask for trouble

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