停火
tíng huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

停火
 - 
tíng huǒ
  1. to cease fire
  2. ceasefire

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tíng
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to park (a car)
tíng zhǐ
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 classifier: 列 liè
  3. 3 classifier: 节 jié
  4. 4 classifier: 班 bān
  5. 5 classifier: 趟 tàng

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)
停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill
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

Sample Sentences

乌克兰冲突双方都指责对方先违反停火协议。
wūkèlán chōngtū shuāngfāng dōu zhǐzé duìfāng xiān wéifǎn tínghuǒ xiéyì 。
Both sides of the Ukraine conflict condemn each other for first breaking the ceasefire.
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