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火中取栗
huǒ​zhōng​qǔ​lì

to be a cat's-paw

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 火 huǒ noun
    fire
    fire; light and heat produced by burning; flames
  2. 中 zhōng locative
    middle
    middle; center; within; among; inside a range or period of time
  3. 取 qǔ verb
    to take
    to take; to get; to fetch; to collect something from a place
  4. 栗 lì noun
    chestnut
    (bound form) chestnut; a chestnut tree or its fruit