扑火 (pū huǒ) — to put out a fire, to extinguish flames; (figurative) to rush to one's doom (as in 飞蛾扑火)
Definition
Literally 'pounce on fire' — to fight / extinguish a blaze. The figurative sense ('rush to one's doom') comes from the chengyu 飞蛾扑火: a moth throwing itself into a flame.
to put out a fireto extinguish flames(figurative) to rush to one's doom (as in 飞蛾扑火)
Examples
- 扑火。Xiāo fáng yuán zhèng zài pīn mìng pū huǒ.The firefighters are desperately putting out the fire.
- 扑火，。Tā zhè zhǒng xíng wéi jiù xiàng fēi é pū huǒ yí yàng, zì qǔ miè wáng.This behavior of his is like a moth flying into a flame — bringing destruction upon himself.
- 。Xiāo fáng yuán pū le yì zhěng yè de huǒ cái kòng zhì zhù huǒ shì.The firefighters spent a whole night fighting the fire before they got it under control.
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