焰 (燄)
yàn
Pinyin

Definition

焰 (燄)
 - 
yàn
  1. variant of 焰[yàn]
焰
 - 
yàn
  1. flame

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

火焰
huǒ yàn
  1. 1 blaze
  2. 2 flame
火焰山
huǒ yàn shān
  1. 1 Mountain of Flames of legend
  2. 2 fig. insurmountable obstacle
  3. 3 Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
焰
yàn
  1. 1 flame
焰火
yàn huǒ
  1. 1 fireworks
气焰
qì yàn
  1. 1 arrogance
  2. 2 haughtiness

Idioms (2)

口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength

Sample Sentences

你怎么能这么淡定呢，你不担心你家那位金屋藏娇啊？我们的婚姻法已经那么坑爹了，不给点舆论压力，岂不是更助长了出轨男人的气焰？
nǐ zěnme néng zhème dàndìng ne ，nǐ bù dānxīn nǐ jiā nà wèi jīnwūcángjiāo ā ？wǒmen de hūnyīn fǎ yǐjīng nàme kēngdiē le ，bù gěi diǎnr yúlùn yālì ，qǐbùshì gèng zhùcháng le chūguǐ nánrén de qìyàn ？
How can you be so calm? Aren't you worried about your husband taking a mistress? Our marriage law is already such a joke, so if there is no pressure from public opinion, wouldn't that just be more wind in the sails of cheating men?
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我情愿，和你化作一团火焰。
wǒ qíngyuàn ，hé nǐ huà zuò yī tuán huǒyàn 。
I'd be willing to turn into a ball of fire with you!
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裂口中喷出的火焰燃烧着人们的房屋和农作物。地下水也从缝隙中喷涌而出，淹没了大地。虎狼猛兽也跑下山来吞食人类。
lièkǒu zhōng pēn chū de huǒyàn ránshāo zhe rénmen de fángwū hé nóngzuòwù 。dìxiàshuǐ yě cóng fèngxì zhōng pēnyǒng érchū ，yānmò le dàdì 。hǔ láng měngshòu yě pǎo xià shān lái tūnshí rénlèi 。
The fire that rushed out of the gap burned the peoples' houses and crops. Water gushed from the cavity and flooded the earth. Tigers, wolves and beasts rushed down the mountain to devour the humans.
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