雪上加霜

xuě shàng jiā shuāng

make matters worse; to add insult to injury

Example Sentences

面对复杂多变的外部环境,我们做事必须做到雪上加霜。

miàn duì fù zá duō biàn de wài bù huán jìng, wǒ men zuò shì bì xū zuò dào xuě shàng jiā shuāng.

Faced with a complex and changing external environment, our work must add fuel to the fire.

突如其来的疫情让这家本就亏损的企业雪上加霜。

tū rú qí lái de yì qíng ràng zhè jiā běn jiù kuī sǔn de qǐ yè xuě shàng jiā shuāng.

The sudden outbreak made matters worse for this already loss-making enterprise.

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