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星星之火，可以燎原

xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán

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Definitions

  1. 1. a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

Child Words of 星星之火，可以燎原

星
xīng

star

火
huǒ

fire

星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ

a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

以
yǐ

to use

可以
kě yǐ

can

燎原
liáo yuán

to start a prairie fire

燎
liǎo

to singe

可
kě

can

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

燎
liáo

to burn

原
yuán

former

星星
xīng xing

(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky