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 | ||
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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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rěhuǒshaoshen
- Wade–Giles: jê3-huo3-shao1-shên1
- Yale: rě-hwǒ-shāu-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reehuooshaushen
- Palladius: жэхошаошэнь (žɛxošaošɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: je5 fo2 siu1 san1
- Yale: yéh fó sīu sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: je5 fo2 siu1 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: yé5 fo2 xiu1 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː¹³ fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 惹火燒身
- to court disaster; to ask for trouble