「雪上加霜」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: syut3 soeng6 gaa1 soeng1
Individual
Character Meaning:
雪 snow; to refrigerate; to remove; to wipe out
上 go up; top; to go up; to move upwards; to board; to get on a vehicle; to go ahead; to forge ahead; to fill; to supply; to serve a dish; to install; to attend class; to wind; to screw; to tighten; on top of
加 to add; to include; to put in; to append; to increase; short for Canada
霜 frost; lotion; cream
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
to worsen a situation with one disaster after another; to add to the misfortunes of a man who is already unfortunate; calamities come in succession; literally: to add frost on top of snow
(Cant.) 政zing3府fu2削soek3減gaam2綜zung3援wun4,只zi2會wui5對deoi3低dai1收sau1入jap6嘅ge3家gaa1庭ting4雪syut3上soeng6加gaa1霜soeng1。
(Eng.) Low-income families will be dealt a further blow if the government cuts down the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.
Synonym: Synonym: 屋漏兼逢連夜雨
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