厝火積薪

Chinese

		to place	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	firewood
trad. (厝火積薪)		厝	火	積	薪
simp. (厝火积薪)		厝	火	积	薪
Literally: “to put a fire under a pile of firewood”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuòhuǒjīxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou³ fo² zik¹ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuòhuǒjīxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuòhuǒjisin
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴-huo³-chi¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: tswò-hwǒ-jī-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuohhuoojishin
  - Palladius: цохоцзисинь (coxoczisinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou³ fo² zik¹ san¹
  - Yale: chou fó jīk sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou³ fo² dzik⁷ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou³ fo² jig¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³³ fɔː³⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

厝火積薪

(figurative) hidden danger

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