抱薪救火 (bào xīn jiù huǒ) | Meaning: lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation · to enrage people and make matters worse火上浇油huǒ shàng jiāo yóu

lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) · fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse饮鸩止渴yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě

to produce the opposite of the desired result适得其反shì dé qí fǎn

lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action