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抱薪救火
 
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bào xīn jiù huǒ
  • lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom)
  • fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action

抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ

抱薪救火
1 抱著木柴去救火。比喻处理事情的方法错误,以致虽有心消弭祸[``gydict--99c9._104_0.gif],却反使祸害扩大。《淮南子.说山》:「止言以言,止事以事,譬犹扬堁而弭尘,抱薪而救火。」《史记.卷四四.魏世家》:「且夫以地事秦譬犹抱薪救火,薪不尽,火不灭。」也作「抱薪救焚」、「负薪救火」。

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