遇火
yù huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

遇火
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yù huǒ
  1. to catch fire
  2. to ignite

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偶遇
ǒu yù
  1. 1 a chance encounter
  2. 2 to meet accidentally
机遇
jī yù
  1. 1 opportunity
  2. 2 favorable circumstance
  3. 3 stroke of luck
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
火车站
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
火锅
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
相遇
xiāng yù
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to encounter
  3. 3 to come across
遇
Yù
  1. 1 surname Yu
遇到
yù dào
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to run into
  3. 3 to come across
遇见
yù jiàn
  1. 1 to meet
上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
去火
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
外遇
wài yù
  1. 1 extramarital affair
大火
dà huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 large fire
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
奇遇
qí yù
  1. 1 happy encounter
  2. 2 fortuitous meeting
  3. 3 adventure
待遇
dài yù
  1. 1 treatment
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 salary
  4. 4 status
  5. 5 rank
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
打火机
dǎ huǒ jī
  1. 1 lighter
  2. 2 cigarette lighter
放火
fàng huǒ
  1. 1 to set on fire
  2. 2 to commit arson
  3. 3 to create a disturbance

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)
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
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
可遇不可求
kě yù bù kě qiú
  1. 1 can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
  2. 2 one can only come across such things serendipitously
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
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
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
怀才不遇
huái cái bù yù
  1. 1 to have talent but no opportunity (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an unrecognized talent
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)

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