1 to ignite

2 to combust

3 to burn

4 combustion

5 flaming

1 to burn

2 to cook

3 to stew

4 to bake

5 to roast

6 to heat

7 to boil (tea, water etc)

8 fever

9 to run a temperature

10 (coll.) to let things go to one's head

1 barbecue

2 to roast

1 to have a high temperature (from illness)

2 to have a fever

1 copper (chemistry)

2 see also: 红铜 hóng tóng

3 classifier: 块 kuài

1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble

2 doing things at the last minute

3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)

1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt

2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling

1 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person

1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation

2 extreme emergency

1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.