烛火 (燭火)
zhú huǒ
Pinyin
Definition
烛火 (燭火)
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- candle flame
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
这位乐先生还原了当天的情况:他把烛火调成和案发当天一样,倒了杯酒,自己坐在那位友人当天坐的位子上。一端起酒杯,“哎呀!杯子里有条蛇!这不,我破案了!”
Mr. Yue restored the scene. He adjusted the candlelight to what it looked like that day, poured a glass of wine, and took the seat where his friend sat on that day. As soon as he held the glass up, he realized, "Oh! There is a snake in the glass! I solved the case!"