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雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng): Snow plus frost — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

雪上加霜 consists of 4 characters.

to add, to increase, to put in

frost; white frost that forms on cold surfaces

How to Use 雪上加霜 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 雪上加霜 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object (Idiom)with情况

ràng让

qíng情

kuàng况

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

neutral

make the situation worse

Adverb + Idiomwith真是

zhēn真

shi是

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

Adverb + Verb + Idiomwith无疑

wú无

yí疑

shì是

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

Idiom + Nounwith打击

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

de的

dǎ打

jī击

Example Sentences with 雪上加霜

tā他

diū丢

le了

qián钱

bāo包

，

xuě雪

neutral

truly adding frost to snow

formal

Written

undoubtedly adding frost to snow

formal

Written

a crushing blow that adds frost to snow

shàng

上

jiā加

shuāng霜

de的

shì是

，

shǒu手

jī机

yě也

huài坏

le了

。

He lost his wallet, and to make matters worse, his phone broke.

Tā他

diū丢

le了

gōng工

zuò作

，

qī妻

zi子

yòu又

shēng生

bìng病

le了

，

zhēn真

shi是

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

。

He lost his job, and then his wife got sick, which was like adding frost to snow (one disaster after another).

tā他

gāng刚

shī失

liàn恋

，

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

de的

shì是

，

yòu又

shōu收

dào到

le了

gōng公

sī司

de的

cái裁

yuán员

tōng通

zhī知

。

He just went through a breakup, and to make matters worse, he received a layoff notice from the company.

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jīng经

jì济

shuāi衰

tuì退

qī期

jiān间

，

mào贸

yì易

zhàn战

wú无

yí疑

shì是

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

。

During the economic recession, the trade war is undoubtedly adding insult to injury.

gōng公

sī司

yè业

jì绩

xià下

huá滑

，

xuě雪

shàng上

xiàng项

mù目

yán延

qī期

yǐ已

jīng经

gòu够

zāo糟

le了

suī虽

rán然

zāo遭

yù遇

cuò挫

zhé折

，

dàn但

zhè这

cì

tā她

gāng刚

shī失

yè业

，

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

yì疫

qíng情

dǎo导

zhì致

shōu收

rù入

ruì锐

jiǎn减

，

ér

jiā

加

shuāng霜

de的

shì是

，

zhǔ主

yào要

kè客

hù户

yòu又

qǔ取

xiāo消

le了

dìng订

dān单

。

The company's performance declined, and to add insult to injury, a major client canceled their order.

，

nán难

dào道

yù预

suàn算

xuē削

jiǎn减

bú不

shì是

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

ma吗

？

The project delay is bad enough; isn't the budget cut just adding fuel to the fire?

次

shī失

bài败

bìng并

wèi未

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

。

Although we encountered setbacks, this failure did not make things worse.

de的

shì是

，

jiā家

lǐ里

yòu又

yù遇

dào到

le了

jǐn紧

jí急

qíng情

kuàng况

xū需

yào要

qián钱

。

She just lost her job, and to compound the problem, her family encountered an emergency that required money.

而

tū突

fā发

de的

yī医

liáo疗

kāi开

zhī支

gèng更

shì是

xuě雪

shàng上

jiā加

shuāng霜

。

The pandemic caused a sharp drop in income, and the sudden medical expenses made the situation even more dire.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 雪上加霜.

Words with 雪

下雪xià xuě
冰雪bīng xuě
滑雪huá xuě
瑞雪ruì xuě
雪山xuě shān
雪糕xuě gāo
曹雪芹cáo xuě qín
冰天雪地bīng tiān xuě dì

Words with 上

上午shàng wǔHSK 1
上班shàng bānHSK 2
早上zǎo shangHSK 2
晚上wǎn shangHSK 2
上网shàng wǎngHSK 3
马上mǎ shàngHSK 3
上下shàng xià
上任shàng rèn

Words with 加

参加cān jiāHSK 3
加班jiā bānHSK 4
增加zēng jiāHSK 4
加油站jiā yóu zhànHSK 4
加上jiā shàng
加之jiā zhī
加仑jiā lún
加以jiā yǐ

Words with 霜

鬓霜bìn shuāng