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lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) · fig. hidden danger · imminent danger

厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
c+uò·4th toneh+uǒ·3rd tonej+ī·1st tonex+īn·1st tone
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rushing headlong to an immediate danger · a blind person riding a blind horse盲人瞎马máng rén xiā mǎat dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state · imminent crisis · living from hand to mouth朝不保夕zhāo bù bǎo xīin imminent peril (idiom) · on the brink of crisis危在旦夕wēi zài dàn xīdanger · dangerous危险wēi xiǎn
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