煮豆燃萁
zhǔ dòu rán qí
Pinyin

Definition

煮豆燃萁
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zhǔ dòu rán qí
  1. burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
煮
zhǔ
  1. 1 variant of 煮[zhǔ]
燃烧
rán shāo
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to combust
  3. 3 to burn
  4. 4 combustion
  5. 5 flaming
红豆
hóng dòu
  1. 1 azuki bean
  2. 2 red bean
豆浆
dòu jiāng
  1. 1 soy milk
豆瓣
Dòu bàn
  1. 1 Douban, PRC social networking website
豆腐
dòu fu
  1. 1 tofu
  2. 2 bean curd
吃豆腐
chī dòu fu
  1. 1 to eat tofu
  2. 2 to flirt
  3. 3 to tease
咖啡豆
kā fēi dòu
  1. 1 coffee beans
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
土豆网
Tǔ dòu Wǎng
  1. 1 Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
大豆
dà dòu
  1. 1 soybean
小豆
xiǎo dòu
  1. 1 see 紅豆|红豆[hóng dòu]
扁豆
biǎn dòu
  1. 1 hyacinth bean
  2. 2 haricot
毛豆
máo dòu
  1. 1 immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
煮沸
zhǔ fèi
  1. 1 to boil
煮熟
zhǔ shóu
  1. 1 to boil thoroughly
  2. 2 to cook thoroughly
煮蛋
zhǔ dàn
  1. 1 boiled egg
煮开
zhǔ kāi
  1. 1 to boil (food)
煮饭
zhǔ fàn
  1. 1 to cook

Idioms (9)

刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
心急吃不了热豆腐
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu
  1. 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
  2. 2 one just has to be patient
  3. 3 haste will ruin everything
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
煮豆燃萁
zhǔ dòu rán qí
  1. 1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
燃眉之急
rán méi zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. 2 extreme emergency
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
  1. 1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
  2. 2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
  3. 3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
豆寇年华
dòu kòu nián huá
  1. 1 used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
  2. 2 a budding beauty
豆蔻年华
dòu kòu nián huá
  1. 1 a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
  2. 2 a budding beauty

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