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Usage of the character 釜

[釜]
  • kettle
  • cauldron
dàfǔ
大釜
[大釜]
  • cauldron
Fǔshān
釜山
[釜山]
  • Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道/庆尚南道 ( Qìngshàngnándào), South Korea
Fǔshānshì
釜山市
[釜山市]
  • Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道/庆尚南道 ( Qìngshàngnándào), South Korea
jiāyāfǔ
加压釜
[加壓釜]
  • pressure chamber
  • pressurized cauldron
fǔdǐyóuyú
釜底游鱼
[釜底游魚]
  • a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom)
  • in a desperate situation
fǔdǐchōuxīn
釜底抽薪
[釜底抽薪]
  • to take drastic measures to deal with a situation
  • to pull the carpet from under sb
pòfǔchénzhōu
破釜沉舟
[破釜沉舟]
  • lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  • to burn one's boats
Fǔshānguǎngyùshì
釜山广域市
[釜山廣域市]
  • Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道/庆尚南道 ( Qìngshàngnándào), South Korea
tiàochūfǔdǐjìnhuǒkēng
跳出釜底进火坑
[跳出釜底進火坑]
  • out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
huángzhōnghuǐqìwǎfǔléimíng
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
[黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴]
  • lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  • good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)