雪上加霜 meaning in Chinese
snow plus frost -- one disaster after another; add to the misfortunes of a man who is already unfortunate; calamities come in succession.; disasters pile up on one another.; heap calamities on sb. who is already oppressed; one disaster after another; the worst came to the worst
Examples
- Economic figures added to the negative tone
经济数据使得不景气的经济雪上加霜。 - On top of that , why king yuan in his dream ? ?
雪上加霜的是,为什麽国王袁梦? ? - Disbanding the iraqi army compounded the error
解散伊拉克的军队使这个错误雪上加霜。 - And the raise was terrible , to be frank
老实说，加薪的事情就是雪上加霜。 - The misery of his loneliness was now compounded by his poverty
贫穷使他的孤苦雪上加霜