灰烬 (灰燼)
huī jìn
Pinyin

Definition

灰烬 (灰燼)
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huī jìn
  1. ashes

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灰
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
灰色
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
大灰狼
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf
心灰意冷
xīn huī yì lěng
  1. 1 discouraged
  2. 2 downhearted
灰尘
huī chén
  1. 1 dust

Idioms (6)

死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
灰不溜丢
huī bu liū diū
  1. 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
  2. 2 boring and gray
  3. 3 unpleasantly murky
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
万念俱灰
wàn niàn jù huī
  1. 1 every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened

Sample Sentences

巴西国家博物馆日前遭大火损毁，但博物馆官员四日说，从灰烬中找回的物体碎片为挽救古人类头骨等馆藏珍品带来希望。
Bāxī guójiābówùguǎn rìqián zāo dàhuǒ sǔnhuǐ ，dàn bówùguǎn guānyuán sìrì shuō ，cóng huījìn zhōng zhǎohuí de wùtǐ suìpiàn wèi wǎnjiù gǔrénlèi tóugǔ děng guǎncáng zhēnpǐn dàilái xīwàng 。
The National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire yesterday, but museum officials said on the 4th that the fragments of objects recovered from the ashes brought hope to them that they may be able to salvage valuables such as ancient human skulls.
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