To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「抱火厝薪」 explained, free of charge.
We’re presenting the idiom 「抱火厝薪」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
厝: same as “措”, meaning to place. Firewood: firewood. Put the fire under the wood. A metaphor for an impending crisis.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bào huǒ cuò xīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
pou5 fo2 chou3 san1
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