惹火烧身
Traditional form:
惹火燒身
Pinyin (reading):
rěhuǒshāoshēn
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 惹 - to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex
- 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 烧 - to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
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