火中取栗

Chinese
 
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
 chestnut
simp. and trad.
(火中取栗)		 火 中 取 栗

Etymology

From the fable The Monkey and the Cat.

Pronunciation

Idiom

火中取栗

  1. to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire; to be someone's cat's-paw
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