火上加油 in English huo3 shang4 jia1 you2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to add oil to the fire (idiomatic expression); metaphorically to aggravate a situation
  • to enrage people and make matters worse

Simplified Characters

火 上 加 油

Traditional Characters

火 上 加 油

Pinyin

huo3 shang4 jia1 you2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

火huo3surname Huo 上shang4see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] 加jia1abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4] 油you2oil