跳出釜底進火坑 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)
進 jìn
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