城门失火 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 城门失火

城门失火 (城門失火)

Definition Fire at the gate

Usage

Characters 城 chéng 门 (門) mén 失 shī 火 huǒ

COMMON WORDS WITH 城门失火
	城门失火，殃及池鱼 ( 城門失火，殃及池魚 ) chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee ( 城門失火，殃及池魚 )

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