Results for “火”

refractory brick / firebrick

firework

(of a city etc) ablaze with lights

ignition point (temperature) / combustion point

to block a shot (basketball)

lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

see 薪火相傳|薪火相传[xīn huǒ xiāng chuán]

to quench (a metal workpiece)

excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself

penetrating (vision)

to be obsessed with sth / to go overboard / (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation

lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture

arms deal

arms company

backfire (firefighting)

annealing (metallurgy)

(of an engine) to backfire

to catch fire / to ignite

carrier rocket

to go too far / to go overboard (in words or actions) / over the top / excessive / burned

see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ]

water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency

abbr. for 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生|野火烧不尽，春风吹又生[yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng]

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[yě huǒ chūn fēng]

to drill wood to make fire

fire escape

firebreak

to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)

an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)

to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)

(military, gaming) to concentrate fire on a single target

see 電光石火|电光石火[diàn guāng shí huǒ]

(idiom) in a flash / fleeting / momentary

electric spark

(martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Né zha] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill

bustling / energetic

see 飛蛾撲火|飞蛾扑火[fēi é pū huǒ]

the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction

cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL:隻|只[zhī]

incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks