火炭
huǒ tàn
Pinyin

Definition

火炭
 - 
huǒ tàn
  1. live coal
  2. ember
  3. burning coals
火炭
 - 
Huǒ Tàn
  1. Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 classifier: 列 liè
  3. 3 classifier: 节 jié
  4. 4 classifier: 班 bān
  5. 5 classifier: 趟 tàng

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)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
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