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釜底抽薪
Mandarin · pinyin fǔ dǐ chōu xīn
Meanings
- to take drastic measures to deal with a situation
- to pull the carpet from under sb
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3–3–1–1 · fu3 di3 chou1 xin1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fu2 dai2 cau1 san1
Cantonese word readings for 釜底抽薪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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fu2 dai2 cau1 san1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to deal with a problem from the root
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