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