Chinese–English

惹火烧身

rě huǒ shāo shēn · re huo shao shen

Traditional 惹火燒身

Meaning

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  1. stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
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