釜fǔ (古代的炊事用具；鍋) a kind of cauldron used in ancient China;boiler;pan;pot:破 ～ 沉舟 break the cauldrons and sink the boats (after crossing) — cut off all means of retreat
◆釜底抽薪 take away the firewood from under the cauldron — a fundamental solution;adopt full measures (not half measures);cut the ground from under one's foot;cut the ground on which someone stands;extract the firewood from under the cauldron;pull firewood out of one's stove;pull out the firewood from below the cauldron so as to stop its boiling;removing burning wood from under the boiler;strike at the root of sth.;take a drastic measure to deal with a situation;take out burning embers from under the pot;withdraw fuel from under a boiling cauldron；
釜底游魂 a wandering spirit in the bottom of a cauldron — in Hades；
釜底游魚 a fish swimming in the bottom of a cauldron — a person whose fate is sealed;(like) a fish in the pot;a pretty kettle of fish swimming in the bottom of a cauldron;being very awkward and in confusion on the part of one's encircled enemies；
釜沸脈 {中醫(yī)} bubble-rising pulse (condition)；
釜中生魚 In one's cauldron grow fish — extreme poverty.;be extremely poor;have a fish but be unable to cook it；
釜中游魚 a fish swimming in the cauldron — one's fate is sealed;(like) a fish in the pot；
釜中之魚 (be) a fish in the fish kettle;(like) a fish in the pot — without hope of escape;(like) fish in the cauldron |