雪上加霜
Traditional form:
雪上加霜
Pinyin (reading):
xuěshàngjiāshuāng
Definitions:
- (idiom) to make matters even worse
- to add insult to injury
Characters:
- 雪 - snow; wipe away shame, avenge
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
- 霜 - frost; frozen, crystallized, candied
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