生火
shēng huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

生火
 - 
shēng huǒ
  1. to make a fire
  2. to light a fire

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

Sample Sentences

加油！搭完帐篷就可以开始生火烤肉了。
jiāyóu ！dā wán zhàngpéng jiù kěyǐ kāishǐ shēnghuǒ kǎo ròu le 。
Go for it! After we get the tent up we can start making a fire for a barbecue.
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哦，那你先拿去用吧，我们还没开始生火呢。给你。
ò ，nà nǐ xiān náqù yòng ba ，wǒmen hái méi kāishǐ shēnghuǒ ne 。gěi nǐ 。
Then just use ours. We haven’t started up the grill yet. Here you go.
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