曲突徙薪 — Chinese idiom
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
Meaning
- lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire)
- fig. to take preventive measures
Character by character
- 曲qūcrooked, bent; wrong, false
- 突tūsudden, abrupt, unexpected
- 徙xǐto move, to shift; to migrate
- 薪xīnfuel, firewood; salary
Idioms sharing a character
- 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí
- 曲终奏雅 qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
- 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn
- 曲里拐弯 qū lǐ guǎi wān
- 曲高和寡 qǔ gāo hè guǎ
- 异曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng
- 盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé
- 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé
- 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū
- 异军突起 yì jūn tū qǐ
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