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fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
HSK 7-9
fireball; ball of fire
thermal power
to skyrocket in popularity; to go viral
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas)
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
HSK 7-9
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
(of a city etc) ablaze with lights
lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb) / fig. the more people, the more strength
volcanic crater
firewall
HSK 7-9
arms company
blaze / flame
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of sb's misfortune / to loot
to exchange fire; to engage in a firefight / (fig.) to clash verbally; to exchange sharp criticism
lighter / cigarette lighter
match (for lighting fire) / CL: ,
HSK 5
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
rocket artillery
(dialect) flaming mad / furious
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
fire beacon (to give alarm)
thermal power generation
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
firearm / CL:
annoyed; riled; vexed
turkey
to cease fire / ceasefire
sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
to rise from the ashes (idiom) / to thrive again after surviving an ordeal
(of sales, TV show ratings etc) lukewarm / moderate / so-so / (of a person) calm / unruffled
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
Torch Festival
to go off accidentally / to catch fire
train station
fuse (for explosive)
HSK 7-9
a lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon)
fire / fury / angry
fire alarm
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
train / CL: , 節|节, ,
HSK 1
calm / unruffled
arsenal
at top speed / at a tremendous lick
HSK 7-9
the flames of war
booster rocket
stove
excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
volcano
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
to invite trouble
lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
Naruto, manga and anime series
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
bazooka / rocket launcher
fiery
ham sausage
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse
Rocket Force, branch of the PLA responsible for tactical and strategic missiles
fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险)
backfire (firefighting)
to catch fire; to be on fire
completely incompatible / lit. incompatible as fire and water
to protect against fire
like wildfire (idiom) / unstoppable
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also called 檀香山
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火)
lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action / extremely urgent
train ticket
arms deal
heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment
HSK 7-9
ignition switch
to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse
artillery barrage / gunfire
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
to drill wood to make fire
(dialect) intensity of the fire (in cooking, kiln firing etc)
cease-fire line
flamethrower
fire control (gunnery)
stick figure; stick person
anger / internal heat (TCM)
crematorium
to set on fire / to commit arson
irascibility / irritability / (TCM) inflammation of the liver
burning hot / fiery / to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
rocket (artillery)
to warm oneself at a fire
lust
pit of fire / fig. living hell

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