烧火 (燒火)
shāo huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

烧火 (燒火)
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shāo huǒ
  1. to light a fire for cooking

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

空的。怎么没人呢？（鼻子嗅的声音）嗯？有烧火的味道，肯定有人在这儿呆过。
kōng de 。zěnme méirén ne ？（bízi xiù de shēngyīn ）ng2 ？yǒu shāohuǒ de wèidao ，kěndìng yǒurén zài zhèr dāi guo 。
It's empty. How come there isn't anyone here? (Sniffing sound) Huh? There's a burning smell. Someone was definitely staying here.
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