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Definitions

  1. 1. to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another
  2. 2. to make things worse in a bad situation

Components

Example Sentences

公司业绩不好,还被媒体曝光丑闻,真是雪上加霜的打击。

Gōngsī yèjì bù hǎo, hái bèi méitǐ bàoguāng chǒuwén, zhēn shì xuěshàngjiāshuāng de dǎjī.

The company's performance was already poor, and then a scandal was exposed by the media, which was a devastating additional blow.

感冒已经很难受了,又赶上期末考试,简直是雪上加霜。

Gǎnmào yǐjīng hěn nánshòu le, yòu gǎnshàng qīmò kǎoshì, jiǎnzhí shì xuěshàngjiāshuāng.

Having a cold already feels awful, and on top of that there are final exams; it's simply making things even worse.

房租刚涨价,他又丢了工作,真是雪上加霜。

Fángzū gāng zhǎngjià, tā yòu diū le gōngzuò, zhēn shì xuěshàngjiāshuāng.

The rent just went up and he lost his job; this really adds insult to injury.