你别火上浇油了
“Don't make it worse.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“How can she go back on her word?”
你别 火上浇油 了
“Don't make it worse.”
妮妮啊 你跟小方别太上火 人许红旗毕竟是领导
“Ni, you and Fang shouldn't get too worked up. Xu Hongqi is still a leader,”
“Shut up, you are only making things worse for us.”
In Chinese social hierarchies, escalating conflict against superiors or leaders is seen as reckless and dangerous, prompting peers or family to intervene quickly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to add fuel to the fire; to aggravate a situation
A highly common idiom used when someone's words or actions worsen an existing conflict or problem.
Functions as a marker urging cessation of an ongoing or imminent action when paired with 别.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't be mad.”
“Stop saying that!”
“Don't get upset.”
“with such short fuses, okay?”
“Don't give me that nonsense!”
“please don't be mad. That's not what I meant.”