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火上加油

火上加油

Chinese

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fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving

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up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up

!to add; plus !oil; sly |- !simp. and trad.
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Idiom

火上加油

  1. to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict)

Synonyms