| 曲突徙薪 |
qū tū xǐ xīn |
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures |
| 曲 |
Qū |
surname Qu |
| 曲 |
qū |
bent / crooked / wrong |
| 曲 |
qǔ |
tune / song / CL:支 |
| 曲 |
qū |
variant of 曲 |
| 曲 |
qū |
fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2] |
| 突 |
tū |
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2] |
| 徙 |
xǐ |
(literary) to change one's residence |
| 薪 |
xīn |
(literary) firewood; fuel / (bound form) salary |