焦炭
jiāo tàn
Pinyin
Definition
焦炭
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- coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (4)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
- 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
焦头烂额
- 1 lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
- 2 fig. hard-pressed
- 3 under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
生灵涂炭
- 1 people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
雪中送炭
- 1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
- 2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need