叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 波涛汹涌 波濤洶涌 bō tāo xiōng yǒng waves surging forth / roaring sea syn 轰轰 轟轟 hōng hōng booming / roaring syn 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom) syn 撒酒疯 撒酒瘋 sā jiǔ fēng to get drunk and act crazy / roaring drunk 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 火险 火險 huǒ xiǎn fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险[huo3zai1 wei1xian3]) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险[huo3zai1 bao3xian3]) 熄 xī 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] syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 回禄 回祿 huí lù traditional Fire God / destruction by fire 峰火台 峰火臺 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 禁射区 禁射區 no-fire area / no-fire zone 曲射 qū shè (military) curved-trajectory fire / plunging fire 消防通道 xiāo fáng tōng dào fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane 发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 消防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 点燃 點燃 diǎn rán to ignite / to set on fire / aflame syn 防火 fáng huǒ to protect against fire 大火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 报警器 報警器 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 syn 火力 huǒ lì fire / firepower 开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) syn 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 点火 點火 diǎn huǒ to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble syn 烽火 fēng huǒ fire beacon (to give alarm) syn 灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire / firefighting syn 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 syn 火柴 huǒ chái match (for lighting fire) / CL:根[gen1],盒[he2] syn 发火 發火 fā huǒ to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry syn 取暖 qǔ nuǎn to warm oneself (by a fire etc) syn 焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire syn 烧毁 燒燬 shāo huǐ to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire syn 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance syn 龙虎 龍虎 lóng hǔ outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) 走火 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire syn 施放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) syn 开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 辞退 辭退 cí tuì to dismiss / to discharge / to fire syn 还击 還擊 huán jī to hit back / to return fire syn 连发 連發 lián fā to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession syn 阻燃 zǔ rán fire resistant 冰火 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements 解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment syn 燎原 liáo yuán to start a prairie fire 救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting syn 陶冶 táo yě lit. to fire pots and smelt metal / fig. to educate 圣火 聖火 shèng huǒ sacred fire / (esp.) the 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 syn 火势 火勢 huǒ shì intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn 回击 回擊 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack syn 火神 huǒ shén god of fire 推波助澜 推波助瀾 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 syn 火堆 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é 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) syn 灭火器 滅火器 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher 炉火纯青 爐火純青 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 syn 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 水龙 水龍 shuǐ lóng hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) 纵火 縱火 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson syn 耐火 nài huǒ refractory (material) / fire-resistant 停战 停戰 tíng zhàn to cease fire / to stop fighting / armistice / truce syn 火场 火場 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 syn 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 停火 tíng huǒ to cease fire / ceasefire syn 拉练 拉練 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 爐火 lú huǒ the fire of a stove 开炮 開砲 kāi pào to open fire syn 引燃 yǐn rán to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc) syn 火警 huǒ jǐng fire alarm syn 明火 míng huǒ flame / open fire 试射 試射 shì shè to test-fire / to conduct a missile test 烧火 燒火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking syn 烽烟 烽煙 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) syn 烧制 燒製 shāo zhì to fire (in a kiln) 玩火 wán huǒ to play with fire syn 焚毁 焚燬 fén huǐ to burn down / to destroy with fire syn 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency syn 赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 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) syn 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn 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 syn 