| 火中取栗 |
huǒ zhōng qǔ lì |
lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw |
| 火 |
Huǒ |
surname Huo |
| 火 |
huǒ |
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 取 |
qǔ |
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch |
| 栗 |
lì |
(literary) cold; chilly / (bound form) to tremble with fear |
| 栗 |
Lì |
surname Li |
| 栗 |
lì |
chestnut |