火上加油

Chinese
 
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 to add; plus oil; sly
simp. and trad.
(火上加油)		 火 上 加 油

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-siāng-ka-iû / hé-siōng-ka-iû
      • Tâi-lô: hué-siāng-ka-iû / hé-siōng-ka-iû
      • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsiaxngka'iuu, hefsioxngka'iuu
      • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiaŋ⁴¹⁻²² ka³³ iu²⁴/, /he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ka³³ iu²⁴/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
      • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/, /he⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

Idiom

火上加油

  1. to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict)

Synonyms
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