火中

かちゅう
in the fire
in the flames

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かちゅう【火中】

¶ → 火中の栗を拾う

¶手紙を～に投じる

pitch a letter into the fire.

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かちゅう【火中】

●火中にする burn 《a secret letter》; 《文》 consign [commit] 《a letter》 to the flames

・火中に投じる 〔物を〕 burn 《a book》; throw 《a book》 into the fire; consign [commit] sth to the flames; 〔わが身を〕 leap [throw oneself] into the flames.

●火中の栗を拾う endanger oneself on sb's behalf; go out on a limb for sb; pick [pluck] sb's chestnuts out of the fire.