"Burn" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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燃烧 rán shāo to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming
辣 là hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn
烫 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot
焚烧 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire
烧伤 shāo shāng burn (injury)
烧录 shāo lù to burn (a CD or DVD)
烧焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred
灼伤 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb)
着 zháo 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
烧灼 shāo zhuó to burn / to scorch / to cauterize
烤焦 kǎo jiāo to burn (food by overroasting etc)
灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain
烧 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head
燃 rán to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)
焚 fén to burn
灼 zhuó to burn / to sear / to scorch / (bound form) bright / luminous
炽 chì to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious
燎 liáo to burn / to set afire
燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice
炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks
热烫 rè tàng to burn
爇 ruò burn / heat
烧灼伤 shāo zhuó shāng burn (injury) / scorching
㶶 nóng (dialect) to burn / to scorch
惔 tán to burn
爇 rè heat / to burn
烗 kài to burn / to blaze
刻录 kè lù to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc
火烧 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
烧掉 shāo diào to burn / to char / to cremate / to incinerate
烧死 shāo sǐ to burn to death
心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén to burn with impatience / torn with anxiety
炙手可热 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)
烧香 shāo xiāng to burn incense
烧钱 shāo qián to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet
冒火 mào huǒ to get angry / to burn with rage
死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom) / fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
擦伤 cā shāng to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch
焚香 fén xiāng to burn incense
焚毁 fén huǐ to burn down / to destroy with fire
杀人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson
破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
烧纸 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
进香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple
玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
吃苦头 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
付之一炬 fù zhī yī jù to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately
火烛 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn
开夜车 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
焚书 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
刀耕火种 dāo gēng huǒ zhòng slash and burn (agriculture)
燃眉 rán méi to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation
心急火燎 xīn jí huǒ liǎo to burn with anxiety
付之丙丁 fù zhī bǐng dīng to burn down (idiom)
俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard
拣佛烧香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom) / fig. to curry favor from the right person
焚书坑儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])
焚膏继晷 fén gāo jì guǐ to burn the midnight oil (idiom) / to work continuously night and day
兰艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom) / fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common / the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
焚琴煮鹤 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
火辣辣 huǒ là là 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
烧炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
焌 qū to extinguish a burning object / to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette) / to stir-fry / to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food
夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi to rise early and sleep late (idiom) / to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends
大吃苦头 dà chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
封火 fēng huǒ to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)
拈香 niān xiāng burn incense
挑灯夜战 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom) / fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
焚香敬神 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
燃香 rán xiāng to burn incense
烧包 shāo bāo to forget oneself in extravagance / to burn money
烧煤 shāo méi to burn coal
烧香拜佛 shāo xiāng bài Fó to burn incense and worship Buddha
烧高香 shāo gāo xiāng to burn incense / to thank profusely
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
三光政策 Sān guāng Zhèng cè Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII
美国烧伤支持组织 měi guó shāo shāng zhī chí zǔ zhī United States Burn Support Organization
化学烧伤 huà xué shāo shāng chemical burn
高压缩比稀溷合气发动机  high-compression lean burn engine
叶尖枯萎  tip burn on leaf
国际烧伤学会  International Society for Burn Injuries
焦炙 jiāo zhì to scorch / to burn to charcoal / sick with worry
蜡烛两头烧 là zhú liǎng tóu shāo to burn the candle at both ends (idiom) / to labor under a double burden
烧利市 shāo lì shì (old) to burn paper money as an offering
减脂 jiǎn zhī to burn fat / to lose weight (through diet or exercise)
阴燃 yīn rán to burn without flame / to smolder
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