锅里添水不如釜底抽薪鍋里添水不如釜底抽薪鍋里添水不如釜底抽薪

adding water to the pot is not as good as pulling firewood from under the cauldron

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: To stop a boil, take away the fuel. Deal with the root cause, not the surface problem.

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Simplified: 锅里添水不如釜底抽薪
Traditional (Taiwan): 鍋里添水不如釜底抽薪
Pinyin: guō li tiān shuǐ bùrú fǔdǐchōuxīn
Pinyin (Taiwan): guō lǐ tiān shuǐ bùrú fǔdǐchōuxīn
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄛㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄔㄡㄒㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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