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玩火自焚

wán huǒ zì fén

4-character word

What 玩火自焚 means

1. to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
2. to get one's fingers burnt

The characters in 玩火自焚

• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 焚fénto burn

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