火炬
huǒ jù
Pinyin
Definition
火炬
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- a torch
- CL:把[bǎ]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
付之一炬
- 1 to put to the torch (idiom)
- 2 to commit to the flames
- 3 to burn sth down deliberately
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
更因为他的战略格局和组织文化传承上的担当,阿里巴巴的接力火炬交给他和他领导的团队,是马云与阿里巴巴合伙人群体现在最正确的决定。
Zhang Yong’s achievements in strategies setup and organizational culture was the reason (and correct reason) why Ma Yun and Alibaba's shareholders decide to hand over the torch to Zhang Yong and his team.