发 射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission 射 击 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) 开 除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) 解 雇 jiě gù to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment 火 力 huǒ lì fire / firepower 施 放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) 辞 退 cí tuì to dismiss / to discharge / to fire 连 发 lián fā to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession 烧 制 shāo zhì to fire (in a kiln) 消 防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control 火 灾 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) 点 燃 diǎn rán to ignite / to set on fire / aflame 防 火 fáng huǒ to protect against fire 大 火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] 报 警 器 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device 五 行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 烟 火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / fireworks 开 枪 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun 火 烧 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake 点 火 diǎn huǒ to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble 烽 火 fēng huǒ fire beacon (to give alarm) 灭 火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire / firefighting 惹 火 rě huǒ to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers 起 火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry 发 火 fā huǒ to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry 取 暖 qǔ nuǎn to warm oneself (by a fire etc) 焚 烧 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire 放 火 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance 龙 虎 lóng hǔ outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) 走 火 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire 开 火 kāi huǒ to open fire 还 击 huán jī to hit back / to return fire 阻 燃 zǔ rán fire resistant 冰 火 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements 燎 原 liáo yuán to start a prairie fire 救 火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting 失 火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire 陶 冶 táo yě lit. to fire pots and smelt metal / fig. to educate 熄 火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 圣 火 shèng huǒ sacred fire / Olympic flame 不 假 思 索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ to act without taking time to think (idiom) / to react instantly / to fire from the hip 火 势 huǒ shì intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing 扑 救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) 回 击 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack 火 神 Huǒ shén God of fire / Vulcan 推 波 助 澜 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire 消 防 车 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 火 堆 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire 火 种 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 灭 火 器 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher 炉 火 纯 青 lú huǒ chún qīng 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 烘 焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake 葬 身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) 水 龙 shuǐ lóng hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) 生 火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire 纵 火 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson 停 战 tíng zhàn armistice / cease fire 火 场 huǒ chǎng the scene of a fire 出 生 入 死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb 着 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 停 火 tíng huǒ to cease fire / ceasefire 拉 练 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas 炉 火 lú huǒ the fire of a stove 开 炮 kāi pào to open fire 消 防 队 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 野 火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) 火 警 huǒ jǐng fire alarm 明 火 míng huǒ flame / open fire 烧 火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking 烽 烟 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) 玩 火 wán huǒ to play with fire 焚 毁 fén huǐ to burn down / to destroy with fire 燃 眉 之 急 rán méi zhī jí lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency 赴 汤 蹈 火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ 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) 火 坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell 打 炮 dǎ pào to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate 消 防 局 xiāo fáng jú fire department 一 团 火 yī tuán huǒ fireball / ball of fire 炒 鱿 鱼 chǎo yóu yú (coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb 火 控 huǒ kòng fire control (gunnery) 引 火 yǐn huǒ to kindle / to light a fire 消 防 设 备 xiāo fáng shè bèi fire protection equipment 鸣 枪 míng qiāng to fire warning shots 山 火 shān huǒ wildfire / forest fire 点 射 diǎn shè to fire in bursts / shooting intermittently 火 盆 huǒ pén brazier / fire pan / hibachi 火 上 加 油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse 消 火 栓 xiāo huǒ shuān fire hydrant 消 防 栓 xiāo fáng shuān fire hydrant 烤 火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire 普 罗 米 修 斯 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology 燃 烧 弹 rán shāo dàn fire bomb / incendiary device 打 枪 dǎ qiāng to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination 消 防 系 统 fire safety system 司 炉 sī lú stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine) 火 塘 huǒ táng indoor fire pit 拔 罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 举 火 jǔ huǒ (literary) to light a fire 火 烛 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn 红 火 蚁 hóng huǒ yǐ fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China
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