借火
jiè huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

借火
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jiè huǒ
  1. to borrow a light (for a cigarette)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
借
jiè
  1. 1 to lend
  2. 2 to borrow
  3. 3 by means of
  4. 4 to take (an opportunity)
借口
jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to use as an excuse
  2. 2 on the pretext
  3. 3 excuse
  4. 4 pretext
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火星
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
火线
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
火车票
huǒ chē piào
  1. 1 train ticket
火车站
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
火锅
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
烈火
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
烟火
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
借助
jiè zhù
  1. 1 to draw support from
  2. 2 with the help of
借机
jiè jī
  1. 1 to seize the opportunity
借用
jiè yòng
  1. 1 to borrow sth for another use
  2. 2 to borrow an idea for one's own use
借给
jiè gěi
  1. 1 to lend to sb
借记卡
jiè jì kǎ
  1. 1 debit card
借鉴
jiè jiàn
  1. 1 to draw on (others' experience)
  2. 2 to learn from (how others do things)
  3. 3 lesson to be learned (by observing others)
冒火
mào huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to burn with rage

Idioms (20)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
  1. 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
借东风
jiè dōng fēng
  1. 1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use sb's help
借花献佛
jiè huā xiàn Fó
  1. 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
  2. 2 plagiarism
借资挹注
jiè zī yì zhù
  1. 1 to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
  1. 1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
打得火热
dǎ de huǒ rè
  1. 1 to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)
  2. 2 billing and cooing
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ
  1. 1 a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

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