曲突徙薪
Traditional form:
曲突徙薪
Pinyin (reading):
qūtūxǐxīn
Definitions:
- lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
- fig. to take preventive measures
Characters:
- 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
- 突 - sudden, abrupt, unexpected
- 徙 - to move, to shift; to migrate
- 薪 - fuel, firewood; salary
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