雪
上
加
霜

(idiom) to make matters even worse in Chinese: 雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng)

xuě shàng jiā shuāng

(idiom) to make matters even worse

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(idiom) to make matters even worse
  2. 2to add insult to injury

Stroke order

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雪
上
加
霜

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄩㄝˇ

xuě

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄚ

jiā

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄕㄨㄤ

shuāng

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他失业了,妻子又生病,真是雪上加霜。

    tā shī yè le, qī zǐ yòu shēng bìng, zhēn shì xuě shàng jiā shuāng。

    He lost his job and then his wife fell ill; it truly made a bad situation worse.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

雪

xuě

snow

加

jiā

to add

霜

shuāng

frost

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

参加

cān jiā

to participate

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

加班

jiā bān

to work overtime

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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