| 雪上加霜 |
xuě shàng jiā shuāng |
(idiom) to make matters even worse / to add insult to injury |
| 雪 |
Xuě |
surname Xue |
| 雪 |
xuě |
snow / CL:场 / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 加 |
Jiā |
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia |
| 加 |
jiā |
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 霜 |
shuāng |
frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream |