跳出釜底进火坑 tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng

out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
跳 tiào HSK 2
to jump; to skip over; to bounce
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
釜 fǔ
cauldron; kettle
底 dǐ HSK 4
bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc)
进 jìn HSK 2
to enter; to go in; to go forward
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming
坑 kēng HSK 6
hole; pit; to defraud