Pour fire into the river

Pour fire into the river

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xu á NH é zh ù Hu ǒ, which means pouring water into the fire. It means to destroy the enemy with great power. It comes from the book of Liang, the first chapter of Emperor Wu.

The origin of Idioms

"Liang Shu · Wudi Ji Shang": "Kuang Yong several states of the army to kill the group of vertical, Xuanhe Zhuhuo, Xi you not out?"

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences