火刑
huǒ xíng
Pinyin

Definition

火刑
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huǒ xíng
  1. execution by fire
  2. burning at the stake

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
sǐ xíng
  1. 1 death penalty
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)

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