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薪を抱いて火を救う

たきぎをいだいてひをすくうtakigioidaitehiosukuu

expression

  1. having one's good intentions backfire dangerously
  2. causing harm when trying to prevent it
  3. trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences