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焚
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Definitions
- 1. to burn
Words Containing 焚
to burn both jade and common stone
crematorium
to cremate
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
to burn down
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)
to cremate
foehn wind (loanword)
to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng])
self-immolation
to burn incense in prayer to a God
lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
to burn incense
to burn with impatience
to burn
burning with desire