雪上加霜 xuěshàngjiāshuāng in a sentence
One disaster on top of another ([idiom] - add frost to snow)
雪上加霜 (xuěshàngjiāshuāng) means One disaster on top of another ([idiom] - add frost to snow). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
生病又失业，真是 雪上加霜 。
Shēngbìng yòu shīyè, zhēnshi xuěshàngjiāshuāng.
Falling ill and then losing his job was one blow after another.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雪上加霜
这场雨对灾区来说无异于 雪上加霜 。
Zhè chǎng yǔ duì zāiqū láishuō wú yì yú xuěshàngjiāshuāng.
For the disaster area this rain was one more misfortune on top of another.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雪上加霜
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How is 雪上加霜 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 雪上加霜 (xuěshàngjiāshuāng, "One disaster on top of another ([idiom] - add frost to snow)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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Is 雪上加霜 an HSK word?
Yes — 雪上加霜 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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