blow the fire by making use of the wind

blow the fire by making use of the wind

Quote: attract. Use the wind to blow the fire to make it burn more and more vigorously. It is a metaphor to stir up trouble. In Song Dynasty, Shi Daoyuan's Jingde chuandeng Lu, Volume 13, said: "because of the wind and fire, not much effort." It is also quoted in Chapter 16 of a dream of Red Mansions.

Idiom explanation

Quote: attract. Use the wind to blow the fire to make it burn more and more vigorously. It is a metaphor to stir up trouble.

Idioms and allusions

Source: Song Shidao's original "Jingde chuandeng Lu" Volume 13: "because of the wind and fire, not much effort." Quan Guizi is good at sitting on the mountain, watching the tiger fight, killing people with a knife, standing on the dry bank, and pushing down the oil bottle.

Discrimination of words

Phonetic code: yfch usage: as predicate, attribute; refers to fan the flames.