火中取栗

huǒzhōngqǔlì ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ

    • lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom)
    • fig. to be sb's cat's-paw

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