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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.play with fire
如果你玩火,最后可能烧到自己。
If you fool about with fire, you'll end up getting burned.
让孩子们别玩火,那非常危险。
Ask the children not to play with fire. It's very dangerous.
“不要玩火!”老师说。
"Don't play with fire!" said the teacher.
- 2
v.metarisk doing bad things; do something risky only to harm oneself
和老板的女儿约会就是玩火。
Dating the boss's daughter is playing with fire.
哪怕只是动大规模裁员念头的人都是在玩火。
Those who even venture to think about mass layoffs are playing with fire.
Word usage
- Note"玩火" cannot be written as "顽火".