Chinese Notes

救火 jiùhuǒ

jiùhuǒ verb to fight a fire
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Fire

拯溺钟石救火投薪(拯溺鍾石救火投薪) to save somebody from drowning with a heavy stone or to put out a fire by throwing on logs
救场如救火(救場如救火) the show must go on
抱薪救火 to carry firewood to put out a fire; fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救火投薪 to put out a fire by throwing on logs; to do something that makes a bad situation worse

Truncated for common words

內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 7
第六十九回 Chapter 69 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
卷一魏書一武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 5
第四十一回 Chapter 41 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
卷一百二十八列傳第七十八: 段秀實顏真卿 Volume 128 Biographies 78: Duan Xiushi, Yan Zhenqing Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
第八十回 Chapter 80 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
第十回 Chapter 10 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 2
卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2

来救火 (來救火) 卻待開門來救火 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十回 Chapter 10 — count: 6
救火时 (救火時) 引軍上城救火時 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第八十回 Chapter 80 — count: 3
负薪救火 (負薪救火) 犹负薪救火 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十七吳書二吳主傳 Volume 47: Book of Wu 2 - Biography of the Lord of Wu — count: 3
城救火 (城救火) 出城救火 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第八十回 Chapter 80 — count: 2
二千石救火 (二千石救火) 二千石救火 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮南衡山列傳》 Biographies of Huainan and Hengshan — count: 2
麻救火 (麻救火) 披麻救火 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 2
外人救火 (外人救火) 外人救火 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷85　列傳第50 序言宇文化及司馬德戡裴虔通王充段達 Volume 85 Biographies 50: Yuwen Huaji, Yuwen Zhiji, Wang Shichong — count: 2
救火扬 (救火揚) 吏治若救火揚沸 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《酷吏列傳》 Biographies of Cruel Officials — count: 2
火救火 (火救火) 是猶以火救火 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 2
救火作 (救火作) 欲因救火作難 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷56 鄭羲崔辯 Volume 56: Zheng Xi, Cui Bian — count: 2