See 火中取栗 on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire; to be someone's cat's-paw"
],
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"pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire",
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],
"zh-pron": "huǒzhōngqǔlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huǒzhōngqǔlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "huǒjhongcyǔlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "huo³-chung¹-chʻü³-li⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hwǒ-jūng-chyǔ-lì"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huoojongcheulih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хочжунцюйли"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xočžuncjujli"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/"
}
],
"word": "火中取栗"
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"zh-pron": "huǒzhōngqǔlì"
},
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ"
},
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"zh-pron": "huǒzhōngqǔlì"
},
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "huǒjhongcyǔlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "huo³-chung¹-chʻü³-li⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hwǒ-jūng-chyǔ-lì"
},
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huoojongcheulih"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хочжунцюйли"
},
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xočžuncjujli"
},
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"ipa": "/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/",
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"ipa": "/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/"
}
],
"word": "火中取栗"
}
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