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火烧
火燒
huǒshāo
1.
to set fire to
2.
to burn down
3.
burning hot
4.
baked cake
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Compound Words (6)
火烧云
huǒshāoyún
nuée ardente
引火烧身
yǐnhuǒshāoshēn
to invite trouble
惹火烧身
rěhuǒshāoshēn
stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
火烧火燎
huǒshāohuǒliáo
restless with anxiety
火烧眉毛
huǒshāoméimao
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生
yěhuǒshāobùjìn,chūnfēngchuīyòushēng
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
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