推波助瀾

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	wave; (Cantonese) ball	to help; to assist	swelling water
trad. (推波助瀾)		推	波	助	瀾
simp. (推波助澜)		推	波	助	澜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuībōzhùlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ bo¹ zo⁶ laan⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuībōzhùlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tueibojhùlán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-po¹-chu⁴-lan²
    • Yale: twēi-bwō-jù-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueibojuhlan
    • Palladius: туйбочжулань (tujbočžulanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ bo¹ zo⁶ laan⁴
    • Yale: tēui bō joh làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ bo¹ dzo⁶ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ bo¹ zo⁶ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²² laːn²¹/

Idiom

推波助瀾

1. to aggravate an already undesirable situation; to add fuel to the fire