created reference approved 火中取栗 → 坐享其成 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
火中取栗 huǒzhōngqǔlì
坐享其成 zuòxiǎngqíchéng
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 火中取栗 → 为人作嫁/為人作嫁 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
火中取栗 huǒzhōngqǔlì
为人作嫁 / 為人作嫁 wèirénzuòjià
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 火中取栗 · huǒzhōngqǔlì · to be a cat's-paw — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
火中取栗
huǒzhōngqǔlì
to be a cat's-paw
To pull someone else's chestnuts out of the fire; to take great risks for others and get nothing but trouble for one's pains while others reap the benefits. Derived from La Fontaine's fable of the monkey and the cat.
火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 取 (literal) → 取 · qǔ · to take 栗 (literal) → 栗 · lì · chestnut
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition