引火燒身 in Chinese

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    {
      "form": "引火烧身",
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "to play with fire and bring trouble to oneself; to invite trouble"
      ],
      "id": "en-引火燒身-zh-phrase-RLtsrQqK",
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        [
          "play with fire",
          "play with fire"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "invite",
          "invite"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) to play with fire and bring trouble to oneself; to invite trouble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to volunteer one's own shortcomings and errors to encourage criticism from others"
      ],
      "id": "en-引火燒身-zh-phrase-C6I~vM41",
      "links": [
        [
          "volunteer",
          "volunteer"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own"
        ],
        [
          "shortcoming",
          "shortcoming"
        ],
        [
          "error",
          "error"
        ],
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ],
        [
          "criticism",
          "criticism"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) to volunteer one's own shortcomings and errors to encourage criticism from others"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐnhuǒshāoshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐnhuǒshāoshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yínhuǒshāoshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐnhuǒshaoshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yin³-huo³-shao¹-shên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐn-hwǒ-shāu-shēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiinhuooshaushen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "inʹxošaošɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иньхошаошэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáhn fó sīu sān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹"
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yen⁵ fo² xiu¹ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn¹³ fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "引火燒身"
}

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    "Chinese terms spelled with 燒",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 身",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to play with fire and bring trouble to oneself; to invite trouble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play with fire",
          "play with fire"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "invite",
          "invite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to play with fire and bring trouble to oneself; to invite trouble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to volunteer one's own shortcomings and errors to encourage criticism from others"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "volunteer",
          "volunteer"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own"
        ],
        [
          "shortcoming",
          "shortcoming"
        ],
        [
          "error",
          "error"
        ],
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ],
        [
          "criticism",
          "criticism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to volunteer one's own shortcomings and errors to encourage criticism from others"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐnhuǒshāoshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐnhuǒshāoshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yínhuǒshāoshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐnhuǒshaoshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yin³-huo³-shao¹-shên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐn-hwǒ-shāu-shēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiinhuooshaushen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "inʹxošaošɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иньхошаошэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáhn fó sīu sān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yen⁵ fo² xiu¹ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn¹³ fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "引火燒身"
}

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"引火燒身" meaning in Chinese

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