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train / CL: , 節|节, ,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *火* | 火* | *火
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
to catch fire
HSK 4
match (for lighting fire) / CL: ,
HSK 5
serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
HSK 5
HSK 5
rocket / CL:
HSK 6
smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants; posterity
HSK 7-9
(flaming) torch / CL:
HSK 7-9
firewall
HSK 7-9
volcano
HSK 7-9
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot; a block
HSK 7-9
fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate
HSK 7-9
to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble
HSK 7-9
(of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
HSK 7-9
to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
HSK 7-9
gunpowder
HSK 7-9
to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
HSK 7-9
fuse (for explosive)
HSK 7-9
scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning / (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense / (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
HSK 7-9
heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment
HSK 7-9
variant of 火爆
HSK 7-9
blaze / flame
HSK 7-9
at top speed / at a tremendous lick
HSK 7-9
fireworks
HSK 7-9
prosperous
HSK 7-9
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)
lights
to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire
extremely urgent
fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China
edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
poker
(bird species of China) red collared dove; red turtle dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard / (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation
brisk heat (cooking) / (TCM) internal heat generated by anxiety
annealing (metallurgy)
to exchange fire; to engage in a firefight / (fig.) to clash verbally; to exchange sharp criticism
to warm oneself at a fire
out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *火* | 火* | *火
surname Huo
(idiom) to fan the flames / to incite people / to stir up trouble
fireworks
stove / kitchen
volcanic crater
cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
(of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
fire alarm
spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火)
to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
raging inferno / blaze
to go off accidentally / to catch fire
flamethrower
Waterloo Station (London)
fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements
the flames of war
torch / CL:
to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers)
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
cooking smells / (fig.) lively atmosphere
FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
to protect against fire
Firefox (web browser)
red panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
fire / firepower
to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers
to play with fire
rage / fury / hot anger
firearm / CL:
flame / blaze
flint (stone)
lust
wildfire / forest fire
to extinguish a fire / firefighting
fire beacon (to give alarm)
rocket artillery
fiery (temper) / popular / flourishing / prosperous / lively
(bird species of China) fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps)
sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
a lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon)
to quench / to temper / to harden by quenching
plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
to make fire
like wildfire (idiom) / unstoppable
to light a fire for cooking
candle flame
god of fire
intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing
incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks
light of firefly / fairy light
Mars (planet)
spark
to catch fire; to be on fire
to make a fire; to light a fire
the scene of a fire

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