飞蛾扑火

飛蛾撲火

fēi'é-pūhuǒ

idiom

Meanings

1 a moth flying into the flame
2 to rush headlong to one's own destruction

Characters

to throw oneself at

Examples

HSK 6

为了爱情，她像飞蛾扑火一样，什么都不顾了。

Wèile àiqíng, tā xiàng fēi'é-pūhuǒ yíyàng, shénme dōu búgù le.

For love, she threw herself in like a moth into a flame, heedless of everything else.

HSK 7-9

明知他不爱你，还一直追他，这不是飞蛾扑火吗？

Míngzhī tā bú ài nǐ, hái yìzhí zhuī tā, zhè bú shì fēi'é-pūhuǒ ma?

You know full well he doesn't love you and you keep chasing him. Isn't that flying into the flame?

Tips

history

Moths drawn to a flame are an old image: the 《梁书》 already has 如飞蛾之赴火 "like a moth going to the fire". In love songs it can sound tragic or even brave; as advice it means "you are destroying yourself".

Stroke Order

飞 fēi

蛾 é

扑 pū

火 huǒ