Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「抽薪止沸」. Learn its usage below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「抽薪止沸」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Firewood: firewood; boil: boiling. Remove the firewood from under the pot so that the water in the pot stops boiling. Metaphorically solving the problem fundamentally.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chōu xīn zhǐ fèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chau1 san1 ji2 fai3
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
