惹火燒身

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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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling

Written Forms

惹火燒身Traditional · Main Form
惹火烧身Alternate Form

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