芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn
Pinyin

Definition

芝焚蕙叹
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zhī fén huì tàn
  1. lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
芝焚蕙叹
 - 
zhī fén huì tàn
  1. lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

芝麻
zhī ma
  1. 1 sesame (seed)
张柏芝
Zhāng Bó zhī
  1. 1 Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
东芝
Dōng zhī
  1. 1 Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
林芝
Lín zhī
  1. 1 Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi
焚香
fén xiāng
  1. 1 to burn incense
玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén
  1. 1 to burn both jade and common stone
  2. 2 to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
自焚
zì fén
  1. 1 self-immolation
芝加哥
Zhī jiā gē
  1. 1 Chicago, USA
芝士
zhī shì
  1. 1 cheese (loanword)
芝麻官
zhī ma guān
  1. 1 low ranking official
  2. 2 petty bureaucrat
芝麻油
zhī ma yóu
  1. 1 sesame oil
芝麻酱
zhī ma jiàng
  1. 1 sesame paste
灵芝
líng zhī
  1. 1 lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)
焚化
fén huà
  1. 1 to cremate
焚尸
fén shī
  1. 1 to cremate
焚尸炉
fén shī lú
  1. 1 crematorium
  2. 2 crematory oven
焚书坑儒
fén shū kēng rú
  1. 1 to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qín Shǐ huáng])
焚毁
fén huǐ
  1. 1 to burn down
  2. 2 to destroy with fire
焚烧
fén shāo
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to set on fire
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
  1. 1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. 2 to get one's fingers burnt

Idioms (12)

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
  1. 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
焚砚
fén yàn
  1. 1 to destroy one's ink-slab
  2. 2 to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
焚膏继晷
fén gāo jì guǐ
  1. 1 to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén
  1. 1 to burn both jade and common stone
  2. 2 to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
  1. 1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. 2 to get one's fingers burnt
芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn
  1. 1 lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn
  1. 1 lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
芝兰之室
zhī lán zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company
芝兰玉树
zhī lán yù shù
  1. 1 lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
兰艾同焚
lán ài tóng fén
  1. 1 lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
  2. 2 the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
  1. 1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

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