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燃
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Definitions
- 1. to burn
- 2. to ignite
- 3. to light
- 4. fig. to spark off (hopes)
- 5. to start (debate)
- 6. to raise (hopes)
Example Sentences
1 shown紙易 燃 。
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Words Containing 燃
phlogiston theory
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
alternative fuel
to light
burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
fuel pins
to ignite
Molotov cocktail
renewable fuel
nuclear fuel reprocessing
flammable
to ignite; to set fire to; to light
internal combustion (engine)
fuel consumption
burning with no flame
biofuel
internal combustion engine
fuel oil
spontaneous combustion
to burn one's eyebrows
fossil fuels
fuel fabrication
fuel oil
to ignite
fossil fuel
gas fired power station
fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)
inflammable
fuel pellets
fuel element
to set off fire crackers
coal fuel
gas turbine
fuel cycle
nuclear fuel
automobile
clathrate hydrates
to detonate
gas supply
spent fuel
incendiary agent
oil tank (of ship)
mixed-oxide fuel (MOX)
flammable articles
fuel
to cause to explode
Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights
deflagrating spoon
fuel rods
coal burning boiler
to burn incense
nuclear fuel burnup
fire resistant
flammable substance
to ignite
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
spent fuel rods
fire bomb
fuel cell
to ignite