惹火燒身

Chinese

		to provoke; to exasperate; to annoy	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (惹火燒身)		惹	火	燒	身
simp. (惹火烧身)		惹	火	烧	身
Literally: “to stir a fire only to burn oneself”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěhuǒshāoshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěhuǒshāoshēn [Phonetic: réhuǒshāoshēn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěhuǒshaoshen
    • Wade–Giles: jê³-huo³-shao¹-shên¹
    • Yale: rě-hwǒ-shāu-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reehuooshaushen
    • Palladius: жэхошаошэнь (žɛxošaošɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹
    • Yale: yéh fó sīu sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ fo² siu¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ fo² xiu¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

惹火燒身

1. to court disaster; to ask for trouble