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火烧

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huǒ shāo

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Definitions

  1. 1. to set fire to
  2. 2. to burn down
  3. 3. burning hot
  4. 4. baked cake

Words Containing 火烧

引火烧身
yǐn huǒ shāo shēn

to invite trouble

惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn

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

火烧火燎
huǒ shāo huǒ liáo

restless with anxiety

火烧眉毛
huǒ shāo méi mao

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

火烧云
huǒ shāo yún

nuée ardente

野火烧不尽,春风吹又生
yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)

Child Words of 火烧

火
huǒ

fire

烧
shāo

to burn

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