Read Edit View history 釜底抽薪 fǔdǐchōuxīn to take drastic measures Origin Definitions Defs 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)