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
Pour fire into the river
red and ornate carriages used by noblemen in ancient times - zhū lún huá gǔ
If you know what you are, you will never regret - zǎo zhī jīn rì,huǐ bù dāng chū
It's the thought that counts. - lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng