燎原
liáo yuán
Pinyin
Definition
燎原
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- to start a prairie fire
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
原封不动
- 1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
- 2 untouched
原形毕露
- 1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
问鼎中原
- 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
星星之火,可以燎原
- 1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
烟熏火燎
- 1 smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke