釜底抽薪
Chinese
kettle; caldron background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump fuel; salary trad. (釜底抽薪) 釜 底 抽 薪 simp. #(釜底抽薪) 釜 底 抽 薪 Literally: “to take the firewood out from the bottom of the cauldron”.
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Idiom
釜底抽薪
- to deal with a problem from the root