玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
Pinyin

Definition

玩火自焚
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wán huǒ zì fén
  1. to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. to get one's fingers burnt

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
wán
  1. 1 to play
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to trifle with
  4. 4 toy
  5. 5 sth used for amusement
  6. 6 curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
  7. 7 to keep sth for entertainment
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own

Idioms (20)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)