"抱薪救火" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pʰou̯¹³ sɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ fɔː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /pʰou̯¹³ sɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ fɔː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo² [Cantonese, Jyutping], bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bàosinjiòuhuǒ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pao⁴-hsin¹-chiu⁴-huo³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bàu-syīn-jyòu-hwǒ [Mandarin, Yale], bawshinjiowhuoo [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], баосиньцзюхо [Mandarin, Palladius], baosinʹczjuxo [Mandarin, Palladius], póuh sān gau fó [Cantonese, Yale], pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo² [Cantonese, Pinyin], pou⁵ sen¹ geo³ fo² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 抱薪救火
  1. to adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-抱薪救火-zh-phrase-AEc3Duwb Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
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      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ san¹ gau³ fo²"
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      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ sen¹ geo³ fo²"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰou̯¹³ sɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ fɔː³⁵/"
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