雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

雪 xuě snow; wipe away shame, avenge
上 shàng top; superior, highest; go up, send up
加 jiā add to, increase, augment
霜 shuāng frost; crystallized; candied