燃烧 燃燒 rán shāo to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming 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 烧伤 燒傷 shāo shāng burn (injury) syn 擦伤 擦傷 cā shāng to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch 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 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 香气 香氣 xiāng qì fragrance / aroma / incense syn 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) 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 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 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 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 冒火 mào huǒ to get angry / to burn with rage syn 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén to burn with impatience / torn with anxiety 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 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 香炉 香爐 xiāng lú a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible 香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn 馨香 xīn xiāng fragrance / fragrant (of incense) syn 烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) 火烛 火燭 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn syn 刻录 刻錄 kè lù to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc 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 烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred 烧钱 燒錢 shāo qián to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet 蚊香 wén xiāng mosquito-repellent incense or coil 杀人放火 殺人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson 燃尽 燃盡 rán jìn burn-out / cut-off 进香 進香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple 熏香 xūn xiāng incense 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 香案 xiāng àn incense burner table 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 辣 là hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn syn 香 xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1] 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 燃 rán to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) syn 焚 fén to burn syn 灼 zhuó to burn / to sear / to scorch / (bound form) bright / luminous 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 抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation syn 炽 熾 chì to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious syn 燎 liáo to burn / to set afire syn 炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn 刀耕火种 刀耕火種 dāo gēng huǒ zhòng slash and burn (agriculture) syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 焚书 焚書 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 燃眉 rán méi to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 鼐 nài incense tripod syn 心急火燎 xīn jí huǒ liǎo to burn with anxiety syn 烧炭 燒炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) 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 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 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 焚香敬神 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God 烧香拜佛 燒香拜佛 shāo xiāng bài fó to burn incense and worship Buddha 佛香阁 佛香閣 fó xiāng gé Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing 庙祝 廟祝 miào zhù acolyte in charge of incense in a temple 朝山进香 朝山進香 cháo shān jìn xiāng to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom) 葬玉埋香 zàng yù mái xiāng lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom) / funeral for a beautiful person 香几 xiāng jī a small table to accommodate an incense burner 香木 xiāng mù incense wood 头香 頭香 tóu xiāng the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc 环香 環香 huán xiāng incense coil 盘香 盤香 pán xiāng incense coil 线香 線香 xiàn xiāng incense stick 塔香 tǎ xiāng (cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香[jiu3ceng2ta3xiang1]) / cone-shaped incense stick 上香 shàng xiāng to offer incense (at a temple etc) 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) 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 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 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 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 