雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng

to make things worse in a bad situation

HSK 6

Word data

HSK 6
Frequency 17304th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to make things worse in a bad situation
  2. 2. to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another

Characters

Character Meaning
雪 xuě HSK 2
snow; snowfall; to clean
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
加 jiā HSK 3
to add; plus; to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
霜 shuāng HSK 6
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface