厝火积薪 — Chinese idiom
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
Traditional: 厝火積薪
Meaning
- lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood
- fig. hidden danger
- imminent danger
Character by character
- 厝cuòto bury; grave, tombstone; to cut, to engrave
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 积jīto store up, to amass, to accumulate
- 薪xīnfuel, firewood; salary
Idioms sharing a character
- 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
- 如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú
- 后院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ
- 急如星火 jí rú xīng huǒ
- 惹火烧身 rě huǒ shāo shēn
- 战火纷飞 zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
- 打得火热 dǎ de huǒ rè
- 抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ
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