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Results for “火”

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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

火碱huǒ jiǎn

caustic soda / sodium hydroxide NaOH

火麻huǒ má

hemp

火龙果huǒ lóng guǒ

red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)

一团火yī tuán huǒ

fireball / ball of fire

上刀山,下火海shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)

不到火候不揭锅bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō

don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

不愠不火bù yùn bù huǒ

calm / unruffled

不温不火bù wēn bù huǒ

(of sales, TV show ratings etc) lukewarm / moderate / so-so / (of a person) calm / unruffled

不食人间烟火bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ

otherworldly / detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life

乘火打劫chéng huǒ dǎ jié

to take advantage of sb's misfortune / to loot

干柴烈火gān chái liè huǒ

(idiom) explosive mutual passion / blaze of passion (esp. between lovers)

交叉火力jiāo chā huǒ lì

crossfire

仗火zhàng huǒ

battle

休眠火山xiū mián huǒ shān

dormant volcano

低平火山口dī píng huǒ shān kǒu

maar

来火lái huǒ

to get angry

来火儿lái huǒ r

to get angry

借火jiè huǒ

to borrow a light (for a cigarette)

停火线tíng huǒ xiàn

cease-fire line

冰火bīng huǒ

fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements

刀山火海dāo shān huǒ hǎi

lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)

刀耕火种dāo gēng huǒ zhòng

slash and burn (agriculture)

助推火箭zhù tuī huǒ jiàn

booster rocket

动肝火dòng gān huǒ

to fly into a rage / to lose one's temper

厝火积薪cuò huǒ jī xīn

lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger

取火qǔ huǒ

to make fire

只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng

only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi

向火xiàng huǒ

to warm oneself facing the fire

喷火pēn huǒ

to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers)

回火huí huǒ

to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire

城门失火,殃及池鱼chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú

a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

大动肝火dà dòng gān huǒ

(idiom) to fly into a rage / to lose one's temper

奶酪火锅nǎi lào huǒ guō

fondue

如火rú huǒ

fiery

封火fēng huǒ

to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)

对火duì huǒ

to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own

对空火器duì kōng huǒ qì

anti-aircraft gun

山火shān huǒ

wildfire / forest fire

峰火台fēng huǒ tái

fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)

引火yǐn huǒ

to kindle / to light a fire

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