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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柴* | 柴* | *柴
firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)
plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
to chop firewood / to split logs
chopped wood / firewood
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom) / fig. life's daily necessities
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
firewood
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
to chop firewood / to gather firewood
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薪* | 薪* | *薪
(literary) firewood; fuel / (bound form) salary
to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down
to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒸* | 蒸* | *蒸
to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old)
HSK 7-9
lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger
firewood
plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
firewood
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樵* | 樵* | *樵
firewood / gather wood
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熰* | 熰* | *熰
copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities


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