釜底抽薪

Explanation: Kettle: An ancient pot; Pay: firewood. Deprived of the firewood from the bottom of the pot. Analogy from the root of the problem. 　　Usage: Partial official; as predicate, attributive, adverbial; metaphor very thorough work 　　Source: Han Dong "Ho Jin book": "Chen Wen Yang just boiling soup, Morrow went to pay." 　　Examples: Now there is a reason, is the "~" of the law, takes only central to complain to placate the people to live, and all delivery months will break the barrier term. (Qing Wu Jingzi "Scholars" The Fifth) Thesaurus:  Every dark light, Juedufengzhou, stop the boiling by taking out the fire; (fig) take drastic measures to stop sth., To provide liberal relief to the masses crowd, help the oppressed and oppress the oppressor, be generous in aiding needy people, deracinate calamity, From a sense of justice Shucai Antonym Group:  Article, such as life, be very stingy and unwilling to give a hair, skin a flint, Do not pull a hair, gain an advantage over something through his in attention, Take advantage of a loophole Infiltration, send sb. off with a flea in his ear, Swoop