火机 (火機)
huǒ jī
Pinyin
Definition
火机 (火機)
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- see 打火機|打火机[dǎ huǒ jī]
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
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
如火如荼
- 1 like wildfire (idiom)
- 2 unstoppable
Sample Sentences
那打火机也不行?
So are lighters not allowed either?
哎!算了,顺便拿打火机哦,快把蜡烛点上,黑漆漆的,好可怕。
Ah! Forget it, get a lighter while you're at it. Hurry up and light the candle, it's pitch black. So scary!
打火机在客厅桌子上,我马上过来,别怕。
The lighter is on the living room table, I'll be there in a second, don't be scared.
我摸到打火机了,你快点过来!
I found the lighter, come quickly!
你男朋友不是爱抽烟吗?要不买个高档点儿的打火机吧!
Doesn't your boyfriend like smoking? How about buying him a high-quality lighter!
送打火机?
Give him a lighter?
可不是嘛,现在每个国家都非常重视环境和能源问题,都在喊节能减排。不管怎么样,这种更新换代肯定是有前途的。就像以前电灯取代了蜡烛,打火机代替了火柴一样。
Exactly. Right now, every country is placing great importance on problems of environmental protection and new energy. They're all calling for energy conservation and waste reduction. No matter what, this kind of replacing certainly has promise. It's like in the past when light bulbs replaced candles, and lighters were used in place of matches.
可以。我的打火机呢?
Sure. Where's my lighter?