洋火
yáng huǒ
Pinyin
Definition
洋火
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- (coll.) matches (old)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
刀山火海
- 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
- 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
- 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
- 2 fig. hidden danger
- 3 imminent danger
喜气洋洋
- 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
- 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
Sample Sentences
洋火
match