惹火烧身

rě huǒ shāo shēn

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Definitions

  1. 1. stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2. fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling

Child Words of 惹火烧身

惹
rě

to provoke

火
huǒ

fire

烧
shāo

to burn

惹火
rě huǒ

to stir up the fire

火烧
huǒ shāo

to set fire to

身
shēn

body