Word information
Simplified玩火自焚
Traditional玩火自焚
Pinyinwán huǒ zì fén
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Chinese word dictionary
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén · to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences; to get one's fingers burnt
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