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雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng) — how to say "adding frost to snow" in Chinese
雪上
加霜
Adding frost to snow; one misfortune after another
Character composition
雪
snow
上
on, above
加
to add
霜
frost
Radicals / Keys
雨
Rain
#173 · yǔ · 8 strokes
一
One
#1 · yī · 1 stroke
力
Power
#19 · lì · 2 strokes
Collocations
让处境雪上加霜
ràng chǔ jìng xuě shàng jiā shuāng
make an already difficult situation even worse
Examples
他丢了工作，现在又生病了，真是雪上加霜。
He lost his job, and now he's sick too — it's really adding frost to snow.
这真是雪上加霜。
This really makes things even worse.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say "adding frost to snow" in Chinese?
"adding frost to snow" in Chinese is 雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng).
雪上加霜 meaning in English
雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng) means "Adding frost to snow; one misfortune after another".
How is 雪上加霜 pronounced?
It is pronounced xuě shàng jiā shuāng (written as xue shang jia shuang, xueshangjiashuang). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "adding frost to snow" in Chinese characters?
It is written 雪上加霜: 雪 has 11 strokes, 上 has 3 strokes, 加 has 5 strokes, 霜 has 17 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 雪上加霜?
雪上加霜 belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary list.
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