釜底抽薪
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Chinese[edit]
kettle; cauldron | background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.) |
to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump | fuel; salary | ||
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trad. (釜底抽薪) | 釜 | 底 | 抽 | 薪 | |
simp. #(釜底抽薪) | 釜 | 底 | 抽 | 薪 | |
Literally: “to take the firewood out from the bottom of the cauldron”. |
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Idiom[edit]
釜底抽薪