火中取栗

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	chestnut
trad. (火中取栗)		火	中	取	栗
simp. ^#(火中取栗)		火	中	取	栗

Etymology

From the fable The Monkey and the Cat.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒzhōngqǔlì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒzhōngqǔlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjhongcyǔlì
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-chung¹-chʻü³-li⁴
  - Yale: hwǒ-jūng-chyǔ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojongcheulih
  - Palladius: хочжунцюйли (xočžuncjujli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/

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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