rě huǒ shāo shēndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt / fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
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Original source entry:

惹火燒身 惹火烧身 [re3 huo3 shao1 shen1] /stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt/fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling/

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惹火烧身
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