釜底抽薪

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǔdǐchōuxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄔㄡㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² dai² cau¹ san¹
Min Nan (POJ): hú-té-thiu-sin / hú-tóe-thiu-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǔdǐchōuxīn [Phonetic: fúdǐchōuxīn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄔㄡㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuudiichoushin
  - IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² dai² cau¹ san¹
  - Yale: fú dái chāu sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dai² tsau¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² dei² ceo¹ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-té-thiu-sin / hú-tóe-thiu-sin
  - Tâi-lô: hú-té-thiu-sin / hú-tué-thiu-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hw'deftiusyn, hw'doeftiusyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/, /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiu³³ ɕin³³/, /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiu³³ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/, /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/, /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/, /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Idiom

釜底抽薪

to deal with a problem from the root

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