Pour fire into the river
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xu á NH é zh ù Hu ǒ, which means pouring water into the fire. It means to destroy the enemy with great power. It comes from the book of Liang, the first chapter of Emperor Wu.
The origin of Idioms
"Liang Shu · Wudi Ji Shang": "Kuang Yong several states of the army to kill the group of vertical, Xuanhe Zhuhuo, Xi you not out?"
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
Chinese PinYin : xuán hé zhù huǒ
Pour fire into the river
A cup in a shadow and a snake in a bow. bēi yǐng shé gōng
seek out able men and receive them. nà shì zhāo xián
daily call to religious life. mù gǔ chén zhōng