雪上加霜 xuěshàngjiāshuāng One disaster after another

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Stroke order

雪上加霜 is written in 36 strokes across 4 characters.

雪上加霜 — the Chinese character for One disaster after another (xuěshàngjiāshuāng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 雪上加霜 — One disaster after another

雪 — 11 strokes
上 — 3 strokes
加 — 5 strokes
霜 — 17 strokes

Senses

(idiom) to make matters even worse
to add insult to injury

Characters in 雪上加霜

雪 xuě — snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
上 shàng — (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up
加 jiā — to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment
霜 shuāng — frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

雪上加霜 is pronounced xuěshàngjiāshuāng and means “One disaster after another”.

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