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火中取栗
huǒ zhōng qǔ lì
What 火中取栗 means
- lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom)
- fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
The characters in 火中取栗
- 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
- 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
- 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
- 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
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