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train / CL: , 節|节, ,
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
HSK 5
match (for lighting fire) / CL: ,
HSK 5
HSK 5
rocket / CL:
HSK 6
firewall
HSK 7-9
volcano
HSK 7-9
hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot; a block
HSK 7-9
fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate
HSK 7-9
blaze / flame
HSK 7-9
to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble
HSK 7-9
to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
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
smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants; posterity
HSK 7-9
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
at top speed / at a tremendous lick
HSK 7-9
to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
HSK 7-9
prosperous
HSK 7-9
gunpowder
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
fireworks
HSK 7-9
fuse (for explosive)
HSK 7-9
(flaming) torch / CL:
HSK 7-9
heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment
HSK 7-9
variant of 火爆
HSK 7-9
Mars (planet)
spark
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *火* | 火* | *火
surname Huo
to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
spark plug
to make a fire; to light a fire
(idiom) to fan the flames / to incite people / to stir up trouble
a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
(astronomy) bolide / fireball
train station
to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
fire tongs
to catch fire; to be on fire
painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
to cease fire / ceasefire
crematorium
to invite trouble
wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields)
fire extinguisher
fireworks
rage / fury / hot anger
fiery / blazing
to get mad; to be very angry
to extinguish a fire / firefighting
to cremate / to incinerate
firefly / glowworm / lightning bug
fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险)
flame / blaze
raging inferno / blaze
a lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon)
to catch fire / to cook / to get angry
fire / firepower
torch / CL:
to set on fire / to commit arson
lighter / cigarette lighter
campfire
lights
fiery (temper) / popular / flourishing / prosperous / lively
the flames of war
stove
to put out a fire / firefighting
turkey
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
conflagration; large fire / CL: 場|场
a sea of flames
anger / internal heat (TCM)
annoyed; riled; vexed
train engine / locomotive
lust
like wildfire (idiom) / unstoppable
volcanic crater
to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions) / over the top; excessive / burned
smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
cooking smells / (fig.) lively atmosphere
Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)
live coal / ember / burning coals
to open fire; to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking)
restless with anxiety / to feel unbearably painful or hot
to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)
to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers
brightly lit
(martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒 / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
(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
firearm / CL:
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
bustling / energetic
fireball; ball of fire
flint (stone)
the scene of a fire
to light a fire for cooking

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