曲突徙薪 Save Sign in to save words qūtūxǐxīn ㄑㄩ ㄊㄨ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) fig. to take preventive measures Character by character 曲(qū)surname Qu 突(tū)dash 徙(xǐ)change one's residence 薪(xīn)firewood A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0