焚尸

fénshī

to cremate

焚砚

fényàn

to destroy one's ink-slab

焚风

fénfēng

foehn wind (loanword)

焚香

fénxiāng

to burn incense

焚书

fénshū

to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)

焚化

fénhuà

to cremate

焚毁

fénhuǐ

to burn down

自焚

zìfén

self-immolation

焚烧

fénshāo

to burn

焚毁

fénhuǐ

to burn down

焚尸炉

fénshīlú

crematorium

兰艾同焚

lánàitóngfén

lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common

救焚益薪

jiùfényìxīn

add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse

焚书坑儒

fénshūkēngrú

to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)

焚琴煮鹤

fénqínzhǔhè

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes

焚膏继晷

féngāojìguǐ

to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day

焚香敬神

fénxiāngjìngshén

to burn incense in prayer to a God

玉石俱焚

yùshíjùfén

to burn both jade and common stone

玩火自焚

wánhuǒzìfén

to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences

芝焚蕙叹

zhīfénhuìtàn

lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress