火中取栗 — Chinese idiom
火中取栗
huǒ zhōng qǔ lì
Meaning
- lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire
- fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
Character by character
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 取qǔto take, to receive, to obtain; to select
- 栗lìchestnut tree; chestnuts; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 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
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