釜底抽薪

Chinese

		kettle; cauldron	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)	to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	fuel; salary
trad. (釜底抽薪)		釜	底	抽	薪
simp. #(釜底抽薪)		釜	底	抽	薪
Literally: “to take the firewood out from the bottom of the cauldron”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔdǐchōuxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄔㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² dai² cau¹ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-tí-thiu-sin / hú-té-thiu-sin / hú-tóe-thiu-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔdǐchōuxīn [Phonetic: fúdǐchōuxīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄔㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔdǐchousin
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-ti³-chʻou¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: fǔ-dǐ-chōu-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuudiichoushin
    • Palladius: фудичоусинь (fudičousinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² dai² cau¹ san¹
    • Yale: fú dái chāu sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dai² tsau¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² dei² ceo¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-tí-thiu-sin
    • Tâi-lô: hú-tí-thiu-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'dy'tiusyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-té-thiu-sin
    • Tâi-lô: hú-té-thiu-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'deftiusyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-tóe-thiu-sin
    • Tâi-lô: hú-tué-thiu-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'doeftiusyn
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Idiom

釜底抽薪

1. to deal with a problem from the root