香火
xiāng huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

香火
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xiāng huǒ
  1. incense burning in front of a temple
  2. burning joss sticks

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
huǒ chē piào
  1. 1 train ticket
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
xiāng
  1. 1 fragrant
  2. 2 sweet smelling
  3. 3 aromatic
  4. 4 savory or appetizing
  5. 5 (to eat) with relish
  6. 6 (of sleep) sound
  7. 7 perfume or spice
  8. 8 joss or incense stick
  9. 9 CL:根[gēn]
xiāng shuǐ
  1. 1 perfume
  2. 2 cologne
Xiāng gǎng
  1. 1 Hong Kong
xiāng jiāo
  1. 1 banana
  2. 2 CL:枝[zhī],根[gēn],個|个[gè],把[bǎ]
dīng xiāng
  1. 1 lilac (Syringia vulgaris)
  2. 2 clove (Eugenia aromatica)
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
mào huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to burn with rage
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
kǒu xiāng táng
  1. 1 chewing gum
chī xiāng
  1. 1 popular
  2. 2 in demand
  3. 3 well regarded
yè lái xiāng
  1. 1 tuberose
  2. 2 Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木

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)
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
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
口齿生香
kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng
  1. 1 eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
  1. 1 national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
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
天香国色
tiān xiāng guó sè
  1. 1 divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
宝马香车
bǎo mǎ xiāng chē
  1. 1 precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
  2. 2 ostentatious display of luxury
平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 doing things at the last minute
  3. 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
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
怜香惜玉
lián xiāng xī yù
  1. 1 to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
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
拣佛烧香
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
  1. 1 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是的。中国的孩子通常都随父姓,只有极个别的随母姓,意为家族的香火通过名字和血缘都一脉相传下去,家族也就越来越大。听说古时候起名字是要按资排辈的。通常是依据家族流传下来的家谱,用姓加上表示辈分的字,再加上自己的名字。因而有可能整个家族里同一辈的孩子,名字的前两个字都一样,只有最后一个字不同。也有一些名字还体现了当时的时代特色。比如新中国刚成立的那段时间,建华,爱国,保田等名字特别流行,真是从根本上体现了爱国主义。
shìde 。Zhōngguó de háizi tōngcháng dōu suí fù xìng ,zhǐyǒu jí gèbié de suí mǔ xìng ,yì wéi jiāzú de xiānghuǒ tōngguò míngzi hé xuèyuán dōu yīmàixiāngchuán xiàqu ,jiāzú yě jiù yuèláiyuèdà 。tīngshuō gǔshíhou qǐ míngzì shì yào ànzīpáibèi de 。tōngcháng shì yījù jiāzú liúchuán xiàlai de jiāpǔ ,yòng xìng jiāshàng biǎoshì bèifèn de zì ,zài jiāshang zìjǐ de míngzi 。yīnér yǒu kěnéng zhěnggè jiāzú lǐ tóngyībèi de háizi ,míngzi de qián liǎng ge zì dōu yīyàng ,zhǐyǒu zuìhòu yī ge zì bùtóng 。yě yǒu yīxiē míngzi hái tǐxiàn le dāngshí de shídài tèsè 。bǐrú xīnzhōngguó gāng chénglì de nà duàn shíjiān ,Jiànhuá ,Àiguó ,Bǎotián děng míngzi tèbié liúxíng ,zhēnshì cōng gēnběn shàng tǐxiàn le àiguózhǔyì 。
Yeah. Chinese kids often get their father's surname. Only a few take their mother's surname. Because families' ancestral worship is passed on through surnames and blood ties, families get bigger all the time. I hear that in ancient times, names were given by seniority. It was usually done according to family trees passed down through families. You'd use the surname, plus a word to show the generation, and then a name. Because of this, there might be a full generation of kids in a family who share the first two characters of their name, with only the last word different. And there are some names that show characteristics of a particular era. For example, during the time just after the foundation of the People's Republic of China, names like ''Building China," ''Patriot," and ''Protecting the Land" were very popular. It really shows people's patriotism.
延续香火对他们家来说很重要。
yánxù xiānghuǒ duì tāmen jiā láishuō hěn zhòngyào 。
Continuing the family line is very important to their family.
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不错不错,普陀山不愧为四大佛山之首,香火超旺。
bùcuò bùcuò ,Pǔtuóshān bùkuì wéi sì dà fóshān zhī shǒu ,xiānghuǒ chāo wàng 。
Not bad, not bad. Putuo Mountain really deserves to be the most important of the four Buddhist mountains. There were tons of people there lighting incense.
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普济寺去了没?那边香火是最旺的。
Pǔjìsì qù le méi ?nàbiān xiānghuǒ shì zuì wàng de 。
Did you go to Puji Temple? That's the place where there's the most people burning incense.
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