飛蛾撲火

Chinese

		moth	rush on	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (飛蛾撲火)		飛蛾	撲	火
simp. (飞蛾扑火)		飞蛾	扑	火
Literally: “a moth flies into the flame”.

Alternative forms

飛蛾投火／飞蛾投火
飛蛾赴火／飞蛾赴火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēi'épūhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄜˊ ㄆㄨㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ ngo⁴ pok³ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēi'épūhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄜˊ ㄆㄨㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fei-épuhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: fei¹-o²-pʻu¹-huo³
  - Yale: fēi-é-pū-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feierpuhuoo
  - Palladius: фэйэпухо (fɛjɛpuxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ pʰu⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei¹ ngo⁴ pok³ fo²
  - Yale: fēi ngòh pok fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ ngo⁴ pok⁸ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ ngo⁴ pog³ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ pʰɔːk̚³ fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

飛蛾撲火

(figurative) to court self-destruction; to look for someone's own demise

Synonyms

自取滅亡／自取灭亡 (zìqǔmièwáng), 自掘墳墓／自掘坟墓 (zìjuéfénmù)

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