燎原
liáo yuán
Pinyin

Definition

燎原
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liáo yuán
  1. to start a prairie fire

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Yuán
  1. 1 Hara (Japanese surname)
yuán lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 originally
  4. 4 formerly
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 so, actually, as it turns out
yuán yīn
  1. 1 cause
  2. 2 origin
  3. 3 root cause
  4. 4 reason
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
yuán liàng
  1. 1 to excuse
  2. 2 to forgive
  3. 3 to pardon

Idioms (7)

原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng
  1. 1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
  2. 2 untouched
原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù
  1. 1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
星星之火,可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán
  1. 1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
烟熏火燎
yān xūn huǒ liǎo
  1. 1 smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke