火器
huǒ qì
Pinyin
Definition
火器
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- firearm
- CL:架[jià]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (20)
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (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
城门失火,殃及池鱼
- 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
Sample Sentences
灭火器
fire extinguisher
灭火器打不开。
I can't get the fire extinguisher to work.
不好!真的着火了!快,灭火器!
Not good! It's really starting on fire! Quick, the fire extinguisher!