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雪上加霜 (syut3 soeng6 gaa1 soeng1) — one disaster after another in Cantonese

syut˗₃雪soengˍ₆上gaaˉ¹加soengˉ¹霜
Mandarin Pinyin: xue3 shang4 jia1 shuang1

Meaning of 雪上加霜

nounone disaster after another

Characters in 雪上加霜

雪syut3
wipe out (a humiliation)
上soeng6
preceding; previous; last
加gaa1
plus; [v] add (to)
霜soeng1
frost; frost-like powder

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