fan the flames and add fuel to the flames

fan the flames and add fuel to the flames

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ò NGF ē ngzh ǐ Li á o, which means to put out a fire by blowing. The metaphor is intended to eliminate the matter, but it encourages its momentum. It comes from Wang Tong's zhongshuo Wenyi of Sui Dynasty.

explain

Put out the fire by blowing. The metaphor is intended to eliminate the matter, but it encourages its momentum.

source

Wang Tong of the Sui Dynasty wrote in zhongshuo Wenyi: "the matter of Zhenjun and Jiande should be enough to add fuel to the flames and stop the fire."

Examples

After you Ping, like xuanwang, the rites and music were not from the princes, but ya and song were unknown. How can you add fuel to the fire! Ouyang Xiu's interpretation of Wang Guofeng in Song Dynasty

usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences