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fuel
HSK 4
to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming
HSK 4
flashover
to cause to explode / to fire / to set off
to ignite / to set on fire / aflame
HSK 5
fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *燃* | 燃* | *燃
to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)
fuel oil
HSK 7-9
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
(nuclear energy) spent fuel
to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
coal fuel
clathrate hydrates
to light / to set off (firecrackers etc)
HSK 7-9
gas fired power station
diesel locomotive
fire bomb / incendiary device
(attributive) internal combustion
fuel-powered car; internal-combustion vehicle
nuclear fuel
biofuel
renewable fuel
to ignite; to set fire to; to light / (chemistry) ignition point; combustion point
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
fuel tank (of a ship)
(nuclear energy) spent fuel rods
to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation
fossil fuel
inflammable
internal combustion engine
fuel cell
fuel oil
fossil fuels / oil and coal
deflagrating spoon / combustion spoon
fuel consumption
incendiary agent
flammable substance
to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc)
flammable articles
to burn incense
coal burning boiler
phlogiston theory
gas turbine
flammable / flammability
burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
fuel cycle
to burn without flame; to smolder
alternative fuel
spontaneous combustion
fire resistant
Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights
to deflagrate
fuel pellets
burning with no flame / fire beneath the surface / hidden combustion
Molotov cocktail
nuclear fuel reprocessing


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