星火
xīng huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

星火
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xīng huǒ
  1. spark
  2. meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[jí rú xīng huǒ])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 heavenly body
  3. 3 satellite
  4. 4 small amount
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 classifier: 张 zhāng
xīng xing
  1. 1 star in the sky

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)
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