玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
Pinyin
Definition
玩火自焚
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- to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
- to get one's fingers burnt
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to come from (a place)
- 2 From: (in email header)
- 1 to play
- 2 to have fun
- 3 to trifle with
- 4 toy
- 5 sth used for amusement
- 6 curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
- 7 to keep sth for entertainment
- 1 player (of a game)
- 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
- 1 self
- 2 oneself
- 3 from
- 4 since
- 5 naturally
- 6 surely
- 1 oneself
- 2 one's own
Idioms (20)
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不敢自专
- 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
- 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
- 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
- 1 self-explanatory
- 2 self-evident (idiom)