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惹火燒身 (je5 fo2 siu1 san1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

惹火燒身 (je5 fo2 siu1 san1, rě huǒ shāo shēn) — stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt; fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling

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beyond HSK

Related words

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