厝薪於火
cuò​xīn​yú​huǒ

imminent danger

  • created sense approved 厝薪于火/厝薪於火 · cuò​xīn​yú​huǒ · imminent danger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    厝薪于火 / 厝薪於火

    cuò​xīn​yú​huǒ

    imminent danger

    to place firewood under a fire; a metaphor for a hidden or imminent danger that is waiting to erupt

    厝 (literal) → 厝 · cuò · to place 薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · in 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense