跳出釜底进火坑

Traditional form:

跳出釜底進火坑

Pinyin (reading):

tiàochūfǔdǐjìnhuǒkēng

Definitions:

• out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)

Characters:

• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 釜 - cauldron, kettle, pot
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
• 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 坑 - pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry

Traditional characters:

• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 釜 - cauldron, kettle, pot
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
• 進 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 坑 - pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry