Fire fighting
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ī m á Ji ù Hu ǒ, meaning to put out a fire with hemp. It is a metaphor for self inflicted disaster. It's from Kuai Tong.
The origin of Idioms
The third discount of Yuan Wu Ming Shi's "earning Kuai Tong" is: "you are like fighting a fire, Kuai Che is not like that kind of person falling with the wind."
Analysis of Idioms
Fire fighting
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive
Examples
If you force your troops to fight a fire, you will burn yourself. The 120th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty
Fire fighting
Qianbuba village, hoububa shop - qián bù bā cūn,hòu bù bā diàn
ruthless and devoid of human feelings - rěn xīn hài lǐ
Dispel the thunder and summon the telegram - qū tíng cè diàn
have a large stock of information - xué shí yuān bó
reflect on oneself three times a day - sān xǐng wú shēn