釜底抽薪

Chinese
kettle; caldron
 
background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
 to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump fuel; salary
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”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: fǔdǐchōuxīn [Phonetic: fúdǐchōuxīn]
      • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄔㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuudiichoushin
      • IPA (key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese
  • 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

  1. to deal with a problem from the root
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