引火烧身

[yín huǒ shāo shēn] [yǐn huǒ shāo shēn]

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Definition:
AllAll,draw fire against [on] oneselfdraw fire against [on] oneself,to invite troubleto invite trouble,It is ill to waken sleeping dogsIt is ill to waken sleeping dogs,put oneself in dangerput oneself in danger
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1.
Hot, fiery love can only make a relationship work for so long, but it always burns out in the end.
爱得太过于热烈对维持一段长久的关系并不是什么好事，因为它会引火烧身。
ài de tài guò yú rè liè duì wéi chí yí duàn cháng jiǔ de guān xì bìng bú shì shén me hǎo shì , yīn wèi tā huì yǐn huǒ shāo shēn 。
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2.
"I believe that individual countries are actually playing with fire, and I hope that fire will not be drawn to the United States. "
崔天凯表示，他相信个别国家在玩火，他希望美国不要“引火烧身”。
cuī tiān kǎi biǎo shì , tā xiāng xìn gè bié guó jiā zài wán huǒ , tā xī wàng měi guó bú yào " yǐn huǒ shāo shēn " 。
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3.
Many may think it is invidious for me to comment on my own compensation, but I wanted to add to the debate on CEO compensation.
许多人或许认为，如果我对自己的薪酬发表看法，这将会引火烧身，但我想谈一谈有关CEO薪酬的话题。
xǔ duō rén huò xǔ rèn wéi , rú guǒ wǒ duì zì jǐ de xīn chóu fā biǎo kàn fǎ , zhè jiāng huì yǐn huǒ shāo shēn , dàn wǒ xiǎng tán yi tán yǒu guān CEO xīn chóu de huà tí 。
www.ftchinese.com
4.
Although they have been burned, some of these investors still believe that the stocks soon will indeed hit bottom and turn higher.
虽然此举令他们引火烧身，但一部分投资者还是认为金这类股票即将触底反弹。
suī rán cǐ jǔ lìng tā men yǐn huǒ shāo shēn , dàn yí bù fen tóu zī zhě hái shì rèn wéi jīn zhè lèi gǔ piào jí jiāng chù dǐ fǎn tán 。
recklessboy.blog.163.com
5.
If these leaders are given only a symbolic role then there is high chance that this tactic will back fire.
如果这些领导者只是名义上的角色，这种办法反而会引火烧身。
rú guǒ zhè xiē lǐng dǎo zhě zhǐ shì míng yì shàng de jué sè , zhè zhǒng bàn fǎ fǎn ér huì yǐn huǒ shāo shēn 。
www.infoq.com
6.
At year-end, they will find love like a magic but it will be a real fire.
年底时，他们会找到一份魔术般的爱情，但这才是真正的引火烧身。
nián dǐ shí , tā men huì zhǎo dào yī fèn mó shù bān de ài qíng , dàn zhè cái shì zhēn zhèng de yǐn huǒ shāo shēn 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
They know that the background, Zeus and Hades is not the fault of good, nobody wants to backfire.
他们知道这件事的背景，宙斯和哈得斯都不是好惹的，谁也不想引火烧身。
tā men zhī dào zhè jiàn shì de bèi jǐng , zhòu sī hé hā dé sī dōu bú shì hǎo rě de , shuí yě bù xiǎng yǐn huǒ shāo shēn 。
blog.zhiji.com
8.
Amid this pressure the hacker underground, riven by squabbles and splits over personality and policy, has turned on itself.
这些地下黑客组织不光面临着外界压力，在个性和政策上的争执分歧也让自己焦头烂额，引火烧身。
zhè xiē dì xià hēi kè zǔ zhī bù guāng miàn lín zhe wài jiè yā lì , zài gè xìng hé zhèng cè shàng de zhēng zhí fēn qí yě ràng zì jǐ jiāo tóu làn é , yǐn huǒ shāo shēn 。
www.ecocn.org
9.
The campaign against Israeli settlements is real, but this new law will almost certainly backfire.
虽然针对以色列定居点的活动是真实存在的，但是这部新的法律几乎肯定只会引火烧身。
suī rán zhēn duì yǐ sè liè dìng jū diǎn de huó dòng shì zhēn shí cún zài de , dàn shì zhè bù xīn de fǎ lǜ jī hū kěn dìng zhǐ huì yǐn huǒ shāo shēn 。
dongxi.net
10.
By "burned" , I'm talking about having a bad experience with trusting others.
借用“引火烧身”这个词，我正在谈论的是一个信任他人不好的经历。
jiè yòng " yǐn huǒ shāo shēn " zhè ge cí , wǒ zhèng zài tán lùn de shì yī gè xìn rèn tā rén bù hǎo de jīng lì 。
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