着火
zháo huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

着火
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zháo huǒ
  1. to ignite
  2. to burn

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火星
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
火车票
huǒ chē piào
  1. 1 train ticket
火车站
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
火锅
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
烈火
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
著
zhù
  1. 1 to make known
  2. 2 to show
  3. 3 to prove
  4. 4 to write
  5. 5 book
  6. 6 outstanding
著名
zhù míng
  1. 1 famous
  2. 2 noted
  3. 3 well-known
  4. 4 celebrated
上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
冒火
mào huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to burn with rage
原著
yuán zhù
  1. 1 original work (not translation or abridged)
去火
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
名著
míng zhù
  1. 1 masterpiece
大火
dà huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 large fire
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
失火
shī huǒ
  1. 1 to catch fire
  2. 2 on fire
  3. 3 fire (alarm)
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
怒火
nù huǒ
  1. 1 rage
  2. 2 fury
  3. 3 hot anger
恼火
nǎo huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 irritated
  3. 3 to annoy
  4. 4 to aggravate
  5. 5 annoying
惹火
rě huǒ
  1. 1 to stir up the fire
  2. 2 fig. to provoke and offend people
  3. 3 to ruffle feathers

Idioms (20)

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)
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
恶名昭著
è míng zhāo zhù
  1. 1 notorious (idiom)
  2. 2 infamous
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
  1. 1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
打得火热
dǎ de huǒ rè
  1. 1 to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)
  2. 2 billing and cooing
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ
  1. 1 a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
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
杀人放火
shā rén fàng huǒ
  1. 1 to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
水深火热
shuǐ shēn huǒ rè
  1. 1 deep water and scorching fire
  2. 2 abyss of suffering (idiom)
水火无情
shuǐ huǒ wú qíng
  1. 1 fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

呀，着火了。
ya ，zháohuǒ le 。
Huh?! There's a fire!
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哎，楼道里怎么这么多烟？哪里着火了？
ái ，lóudào lǐ zěnme zhème duō yān ？nǎli zháohuǒ le ？
Hey, why is there so much smoke in the hallway? Is there a fire somewhere?
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就是，快灭掉！着火了怎么办？
jiùshì ，kuài miè diào ！zháohuǒ le zěnme bàn ？
Yeah. Quick, put it out! If there's a fire what will we do?
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不好！真的着火了！快，灭火器！
bù hǎo ！zhēnde zháohuǒ le ！kuài ，mièhuǒqì ！
Not good! It's really starting on fire! Quick, the fire extinguisher!
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我有一计，用火攻！曹操为了不让船摇晃，把战船全连在一起，一旦着火，火势会迅速蔓延！
wǒ yǒu yī jì ，yòng huǒgōng ！Cáo Cāo wéile bùràng chuán yáohuàng ，bǎ zhànchuán quán liánzàiyīqǐ ，yīdàn zhāohuǒ ，huǒshì huì xùnsù mànyán ！
I have a plan-- attack with fire! To keep his boats from swaying, Cao Cao tied all his warships together. As soon as they catch fire, the flames will spread in no time at all!
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着火了！
zháohuǒ le ！
Fire!
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那里着火了！
nàli zháohuǒ le ！
There’s a fire over there!
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