消防员 (消防員)
xiāo fáng yuán
Pinyin

Definition

消防员 (消防員)
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xiāo fáng yuán
  1. firefighter
  2. fireman

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

取消
qǔ xiāo
  1. 1 to cancel
  2. 2 cancellation
消失
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
消费
xiāo fèi
  1. 1 to consume
  2. 2 to spend
国防
guó fáng
  1. 1 national defense

Idioms (11)

以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
  1. 1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
  2. 2 prepared for any eventualities
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
明枪好躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
  1. 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  2. 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
  3. 3 to relieve stress
  4. 4 a relaxing pass-time

Sample Sentences

有上火，还有去火？难不成中医都是消防员，哪里着了火，就赶去灭火？
yǒu shànghuǒ ，hái yǒu qùhuǒ ？nánbùchéng zhōngyī dōu shì xiāofángyuán ，nǎli zháo le huǒ ，jiù gǎnqù mièhuǒ ？
There's excessive heat, and also getting rid of the heat? Does this mean that Chinese doctors are firefighters? They go wherever there's fire and put it out?
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