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焚
fén
to burn
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Setting fire 火 to a forest 林
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Words Using 焚 (23)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
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焚
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fén
to burn
fén
焚
↗
to burn
自焚
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zìfén
self-immolation
zìfén
自焚
↗
self-immolation
焚香
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fénxiāng
to burn incense
fénxiāng
焚香
↗
to burn incense
焚化
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fénhuà
to cremate
fénhuà
焚化
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to cremate
焚书坑儒
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fénshūkēngrú
to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
fénshūkēngrú
焚书坑儒
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to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
焚毁
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fénhuǐ
to burn down / to destroy with fire
fénhuǐ
焚毁
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to burn down / to destroy with fire
焚烧
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fénshāo
to burn / to set on fire
fénshāo
焚烧
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to burn / to set on fire
焚毁
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fénhuǐ
to burn down / to destroy with fire / trad. also written [[焚毀]]
fénhuǐ
焚毁
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to burn down / to destroy with fire / trad. also written [[焚毀]]
焚琴煮鹤
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fénqínzhǔhè
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
fénqínzhǔhè
焚琴煮鹤
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lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
焚砚
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fényàn
to destroy one's ink-slab / to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
fényàn
焚砚
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to destroy one's ink-slab / to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)