釜底抽薪 fǔdǐchōuxīn to take drastic measures Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 釜底抽薪 fǔdǐchōuxīn to take drastic measures 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 Frequency Written text 0.547 per million Cross-References Synonym 抽薪止沸 chōuxīnzhǐfèiAntonym 扬汤止沸 yángtāngzhǐfèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
釜底抽薪 fǔdǐchōuxīn to take drastic measures 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 Frequency Written text 0.547 per million Cross-References Synonym 抽薪止沸 chōuxīnzhǐfèiAntonym 扬汤止沸 yángtāngzhǐfèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
