火中取栗

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

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

to take / to get / to choose / to fetch

afraid / trembling

surname Li

chestnut

(literary) cold; chilly / (bound form) to tremble with fear