坦克 tǎn kè tank (military vehicle) (loanword) syn 背心 bèi xīn sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:件[jian4] syn 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 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 水箱 shuǐ xiāng water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 智囊团 智囊團 zhì náng tuán think tank / brain trust 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 化粪池 化糞池 huà fèn chí septic tank syn 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 水族箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish tank 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 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]) 全胜 全勝 quán shèng total victory / to excel by far / name of a tank / slam 罐车 罐車 guàn chē (road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car / tank wagon 反坦克 fǎn tǎn kè anti-tank 张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 主战坦克 zhǔ zhàn tǎn kè main battle tank / battle tank 搅拌车 攪拌車 agitated tank / agitated vessel 反坦克炮 anti-tank gun 沉淀池 沉澱池 chén diàn chí settling tank 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 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 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 储气罐 儲氣罐 chǔ qì guàn gas tank (for gas, not gasoline) 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 搅拌罐 攪拌罐 jiǎo bàn guàn agitated tank / agitated vessel 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment syn 开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) syn 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 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist syn 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 消防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire syn 发火 發火 fā huǒ to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry 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 大火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 点燃 點燃 diǎn rán to ignite / to set on fire / aflame syn 纵火 縱火 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson syn 火力 huǒ lì fire / firepower 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 烧毁 燒燬 shāo huǐ to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire 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 炒鱿鱼 炒魷魚 chǎo yóu yú (coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb syn 还击 還擊 huán jī to hit back / to return fire syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance syn 停火 tíng huǒ to cease fire / ceasefire syn 灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire / firefighting syn 火警 huǒ jǐng fire alarm syn 走火 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire syn 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting syn 停战 停戰 tíng zhàn to cease fire / to stop fighting / armistice / truce syn 玩火 wán huǒ to play with fire syn 防火 fáng huǒ to protect against fire 火势 火勢 huǒ shì intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing 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 开炮 開砲 kāi pào to open fire syn 报警器 報警器 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device 灭火器 滅火器 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher 防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense 辞退 辭退 cí tuì to dismiss / to discharge / to fire 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 回击 回擊 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack syn 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 防腐 fáng fǔ rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion 火堆 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire 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 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 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 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn 燃烧弹 燃燒彈 rán shāo dàn fire bomb / incendiary device syn 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 打枪 打槍 dǎ qiāng to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination syn 普罗米修斯 普羅米修斯 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology 引燃 yǐn rán to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc) syn 鸣枪 鳴槍 míng qiāng to fire warning shots syn 