挼 ruá (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 灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 燃烧 燃燒 rán shāo to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming syn 刻录 刻錄 kè lù to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire syn 烧伤 燒傷 shāo shāng burn (injury) syn 烧录 燒錄 shāo lù to burn (a CD or DVD) 烧掉 燒掉 shāo diào to burn / to char / to cremate / to incinerate 烧死 燒死 shāo sǐ to burn to death 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén to burn with impatience / torn with anxiety syn 烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred 炙手可热 炙手可熱 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 燒香 shāo xiāng to burn incense syn 烧钱 燒錢 shāo qián to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet 着 著 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 syn 冒火 mào huǒ to get angry / to burn with rage syn 死灰复燃 死灰復燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom) / fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one syn 擦伤 擦傷 cā shāng to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch 焚香 fén xiāng to burn incense syn 焚毁 焚燬 fén huǐ to burn down / to destroy with fire syn 烧灼 燒灼 shāo zhuó to burn / to scorch / to cauterize syn 杀人放火 殺人放火 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 syn 燃尽 燃盡 rán jìn burn-out / cut-off 烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) 进香 進香 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) 烤焦 kǎo jiāo to burn (food by overroasting etc) 灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain 吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn 付之一炬 fù zhī yī jù to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately syn 火烛 火燭 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 焚书 焚書 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 刀耕火种 刀耕火種 dāo gēng huǒ zhòng slash and burn (agriculture) syn 燃眉 rán méi to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 烧 燒 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 syn 燃 rán to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) syn 辣 là hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn syn 焚 fén to burn syn 灼 zhuó to burn / to sear / to scorch / (bound form) bright / luminous syn 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 炽 熾 chì to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious syn 燎 liáo to burn / to set afire syn 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn 付之丙丁 fù zhī bǐng dīng to burn down (idiom) 俾夜作昼 俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard 心急火燎 xīn jí huǒ liǎo to burn with anxiety syn 拣佛烧香 揀佛燒香 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 焚書坑儒 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 焚膏繼晷 fén gāo jì guǐ to burn the midnight oil (idiom) / to work continuously night and day syn 兰艾同焚 蘭艾同焚 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 焚琴煮鶴 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things 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 热烫 熱燙 rè tàng to burn 爇 ruò burn / heat 夙兴夜寐 夙興夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi to rise early and sleep late (idiom) / to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends syn 大吃苦头 大吃苦頭 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 挑燈夜戰 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom) / fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil syn 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 syn 焚香敬神 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God 炼丹八卦炉 煉丹八卦爐 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 燒包 shāo bāo to forget oneself in extravagance / to burn money 烧灼伤 燒灼傷 shāo zhuó shāng burn (injury) / scorching 烧煤 燒煤 shāo méi to burn coal 烧香拜佛 燒香拜佛 shāo xiāng bài fó to burn incense and worship Buddha 烧高香 燒高香 shāo gāo xiāng to burn incense / to thank profusely 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 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 刀耕火种的农业 刀耕火種的農業 slash-and-burn agriculture 刀耕火种农民 刀耕火種農民 slash-and-burn farmer 废物焚烧发电厂 廢物焚燒發電廠 mass-burn waste-to-energy plant 化学烧伤 化學燒傷 huà xué shāo shāng chemical burn 