Stop the boiling and increase the salary
Stop boiling and increase salary, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ǐ f è iy ì x ī n, meaning to stop boiling, but instead add firewood under the pot; metaphor is the opposite of the original wish. It comes from the book of two masters for Huang'an.
The origin of Idioms
The third part of Li Zhi's book for the two masters of Huang'an in the Ming Dynasty: "to talk about Gao Jie to Gao Jie people is to stop the boiling and increase the salary. How about Gao Jie ten times!"
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym for saving the fire
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.
Stop the boiling and increase the salary
be overwhelmed by an unexpected favour - wén chǒng ruò jīng