如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
Pinyin
Definition
如火如荼
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- like wildfire (idiom)
- unstoppable
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一如既往
- 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
- 2 continuing as always
一日不见,如隔三秋
- 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
了如指掌
- 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
- 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
Sample Sentences
前几天我去了北京,觉得北京发生了很大的变化。特别是2008年奥运会的筹备工作正在如火如荼地进行,让我深刻感受到了北京即将作为奥运会主办城市的隆重气氛。
A few days ago I went to Beijing. I feel that Beijing has changed a lot! The most noteworthy change is that the preparations for the 2008 Olympics are going like gangbusters. It really made me feel the grand atmosphere, now that Beijing is soon going to be the host city for the Olympics.
你看,报纸上又在说,自从党的十六大召开以后,国有企业的改革正在如火如荼地进行着。
Check it out, it's in the newspaper again: ever since the convocation of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, the reforms of state-owned enterprises are going like wild-fire!