Busan Metropolitan City in South Korea

To cut off one's means of retreat and commit to a fight to the finish; lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats. Based on the historical account of General [[项羽|項羽|xiang4 yu3]] who destroyed his army's cooking vessels and ships after crossing a river to ensure they would fight to the death.

Pull the firewood from under the pot; to solve a problem fundamentally at its source, or to undermine someone's position by removing their support

Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

pressure vessel used to carry out chemical reactions or sterilization at high temperatures and pressures

Literally meaning an earthenware pot makes a thunderous sound; used to describe mediocre or untalented people occupying high-ranking positions while virtuous people are ignored; also used to describe poor writing becoming popular. Often used in contrast with [[黄钟毁弃|黃鐘毀棄|huang2 zhong1 hui3 qi4]].

A fish swimming in a cooking pot; a metaphor for being in a desperate situation with death or disaster imminent.

(idiom) a fish swimming at the bottom of a cooking pot; someone whose fate is sealed or who is in a desperate situation

Used to describe someone in a desperate situation with no hope of escape; refers to a fish being cooked in a pot

an industrial device used for carrying out chemical reactions under high pressure; pressurized cauldron

large metal pot or cauldron

to be determined to succeed at any cost; to act with firm resolution; the same meaning as the more common expression [[破釜沉舟|破釜沉舟|po4 fu3 chen2 zhou1]]

(literary) used to describe a person of mediocre talent holding a high and influential position, or a poorly written work that becomes unexpectedly popular

Dust in the steamer and fish in the pot; describes living in extreme poverty where one has been unable to cook for a long time. This idiom references the story of Fan Ran in the "Book of the Later Han", whose kitchenware was so neglected that dust collected in the [[甑|甑|zeng4]] and silverfish grew in the [[釜|釜|fu3]].

alternate name for Jingshan Mountain

to escape one bad situation only to end up in an even worse one

A fish in a boiling pot; describes a person in a desperate situation with no hope of escape.

Busan Metropolitan City in South Korea

literally meaning golden bells are discarded while earthenware pots make a thunderous noise; describes a situation where talented people are dismissed and replaced by noisy, incompetent ones