柴 火 chái huo firewood 木 柴 mù chái firewood 劈 柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 柴 草 chái cǎo firewood 柴 firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) 樵 firewood / gather wood 柴 薪 chái xīn firewood 劈 柴 pǐ chai chopped wood / firewood 柴 米 油 盐 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities 卧 薪 尝 胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge 劈 柴 pī chái to chop firewood / to split logs 杯 水 车 薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure 打 柴 dǎ chái to chop firewood / to gather firewood 蒸 to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) 抱 薪 救 火 bào xīn jiù huǒ lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom) / fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action 反 裘 负 刍 fǎn qiú fù chú lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly 救 焚 益 薪 jiù fén yì xīn add firewood to put out the flames (idiom) / fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire 食 玉 炊 桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high 熰 copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 木 柴 堆 mù chái duī pile of firewood / funeral pyre 刍 荛 chú ráo to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman 柴 米 油 盐 酱 醋 茶 chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 厝 火 积 薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger 薪 火 相 传 xīn huǒ xiāng chuán lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another 曲 突 徙 薪 qū tū xǐ xīn lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures 𬉼 copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
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