火中取栗
Chinese
- fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thrivingmiddle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
chestnut simp. and trad.
(火中取栗)火 中 取 栗
Etymology
From the fable The Monkey and the Cat.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuojongcheulih
- IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
火中取栗
- to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire; to be someone's cat's-paw
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