火烧 (火燒)
huǒ shāo
Pinyin

Definition

火烧 (火燒)
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huǒ shāo
  1. to set fire to
  2. to burn down
  3. burning hot
  4. baked cake

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火星
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
火线
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
火车
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)
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

Sample Sentences

赵文龙，都火烧眉毛了，你还开玩笑。我都快被你们父子俩给气死了。我告诉你，作为父亲，今晚你一定得严肃地教育教育儿子。
Zhào Wénlóng ，dōu huǒshāoméimao le ，nǐ hái kāi wánxiào 。wǒ dōu kuài bèi nǐmen fùzǐ liǎ gěi qì sǐ le 。wǒ gàosu nǐ ，zuòwéi fùqin ，jīnwǎn nǐ yīdìng děi yánsù de jiàoyù jiàoyù érzi 。
Zhao Wenlong, such an urgent issue and yet you're still making jokes? You two are really starting to tick me off. Listen, as his father, you absolutely need to sit down with him tonight and set him straight.
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