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to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
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  *離* | 離* | *離
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire /
HSK 2
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  *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
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  *著* | 著* | *著
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
to catch fire
HSK 4
to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission
HSK 5
to ignite / to set on fire / aflame
HSK 5
to shoot; to fire (a gun)
HSK 5
firefighting / fire control
HSK 5
serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
HSK 5
match (for lighting fire) / CL: ,
HSK 5
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  *炒* | 炒* | *炒
to sauté; to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp / to hype up / to sack; to fire (sb)
HSK 6
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  *燬* | 燬* | *燬
to destroy by fire
HSK 6
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  *滅* | 滅* | *滅
to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown
HSK 6
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  *烤* | 烤* | *烤
to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread) / to warm oneself by a fire
HSK 7-9
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  *撥* | 撥* | *撥
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
HSK 7-9
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  *旺* | 旺* | *旺
prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring
HSK 7-9
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  *篩* | 篩* | *篩
(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
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
smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants; posterity
HSK 7-9
to open fire / to shoot a gun
HSK 7-9
to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment
HSK 7-9
to burn / to set on fire
HSK 7-9
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  *熬* | 熬* | *熬
to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct / to endure
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
HSK 7-9
to dismiss / to discharge / to fire
HSK 7-9
lit. to fire pots and smelt metal / fig. to educate
HSK 7-9
to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
to execute by firing squad / to shoot dead / fig. to discard / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
HSK 7-9
(fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning
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  *挼* | 挼* | *挼
(dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak; feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor; inferior
to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession
to make a fire; to light a fire
to open fire / to shoot a gun
to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
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  *烘* | 烘* | *烘
to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast
to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate
fire tongs
to catch fire; to be on fire
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *□* | □* | *□
(onom.) pew! (sound of a bullet fired from a gun) / also pr. [biu4]
firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
to cease fire / ceasefire
fire brigade / fire department
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields)
firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
fire extinguisher
to hit back / to return fire
hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens)
fire engine / fire truck
to extinguish a fire / firefighting
to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake
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  *烽* | 烽* | *烽
beacon fire
range / reach / firing range
fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险)
to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
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  *擼* | 擼* | *擼
(dialect) to rub one's hand along / to fire (an employee) / to reprimand
to catch fire / to cook / to get angry
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  *熄* | 熄* | *熄
to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
fire / firepower
to set on fire / to commit arson
Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology
to put out a fire / firefighting
to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished
outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing)
conflagration; large fire / CL: 場|场
to leak / to flow / to catch on fire
(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc)
smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)
lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
to open fire; to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking)
to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)
to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers
(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
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  *燊* | 燊* | *燊
brisk / vigorous (of fire)
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  *焙* | 焙* | *焙
to dry over a fire / to bake
(coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb
fireball; ball of fire
the scene of a fire
to light a fire for cooking
to ignite; to set fire to; to light / (chemistry) ignition point; combustion point
to cease fire; to stop fighting / armistice; truce
intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing
deep water and scorching fire / abyss of suffering (idiom)
Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology
the fire of a stove
lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out

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