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釜底抽薪
fǔ dǐ chōu xīn
What 釜底抽薪 means
- to take drastic measures to deal with a situation
- to pull the carpet from under sb
The characters in 釜底抽薪
- 釜fǔkettle; cauldron
- 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
- 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
- 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
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