坦克 tǎn kè tank (military vehicle) (loanword) syn 销毁 銷毀 xiāo huǐ to destroy (by melting or burning) / to obliterate syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 背心 bèi xīn sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:件[jian4] syn 火热 火熱 huǒ rè fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate syn 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 水箱 shuǐ xiāng water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo 智囊团 智囊團 zhì náng tuán think tank / brain trust 灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn 化粪池 化糞池 huà fèn chí septic tank syn 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 熏蒸 燻蒸 xūn zhēng (of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate syn 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 香炉 香爐 xiāng lú a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible 水族箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish tank 香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn 炽烈 熾烈 chì liè burning fiercely / flaming / blazing syn 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 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 火炭 huǒ tàn live coal / ember / burning coals 发烫 發燙 fā tàng burning hot 炙热 炙熱 zhì rè extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm) 烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred 烧结 燒結 shāo jié to sinter / to agglomerate ore by burning syn 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 灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain 搅拌车 攪拌車 agitated tank / agitated vessel 长明灯 長明燈 cháng míng dēng altar lamp burning day and night 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 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 储气罐 儲氣罐 chǔ qì guàn gas tank (for gas, not gasoline) 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 搅拌罐 攪拌罐 jiǎo bàn guàn agitated tank / agitated vessel 热辣辣 熱辣辣 rè là là burning hot / scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational / attention-grabbing / emotionally intense syn 坦克车 坦克車 tǎn kè chē tank (armored vehicle) syn 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 哀兵必胜 哀兵必勝 āi bīng bì shèng an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom) syn 破竹建瓴 pò zhú jiàn líng lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom) / fig. irresistible force 火湖 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) 反坦克地雷 anti-tank mine / anti-tank landmine 曩式容器 nǎng shì róng qì bladder tank / collapsible bladder / bladder / flexible tank / flexitank / collapsible drum / blivet 坦克运输车 坦克運輸車 tank transporter / tank carrier 回收坦克 recovery tank / wrecker tank 抢修坦克 搶修坦克 recovery tank / wrecker tank 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 熰 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 乐经 樂經 yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 火刑 huǒ xíng execution by fire / burning at the stake 煮豆燃萁 zhǔ dòu rán qí burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom) / to cause internecine strife syn 燃煤锅炉 燃煤鍋爐 rán méi guō lú coal burning boiler 烧灼感 燒灼感 shāo zhuó gǎn burning pain 烧灼疼 燒灼疼 shāo zhuó téng burning pain 秦火 qín huǒ the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC 聚萤映雪 聚螢映雪 jù yíng yìng xuě lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom) / fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil 隐燃 隱燃 yǐn rán burning with no flame / fire beneath the surface / hidden combustion 露天焚烧 lù tiān fén shāo open burning 露天爆燃 lù tiān bào rán Open Burning and Open Detonation 计划烧除法 controlled burning 生物质燃烧 生物質燃燒 shēng wù zhì rán shāo biomass burning 焚妻 wife-burning 焚烧场 焚燒場 burning ground 欲火焚身 慾火焚身 yù huǒ fén shēn burning with desire 火烫 火燙 huǒ tàng burning hot / fiery / to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs 薪火相传 薪火相傳 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 纸火锅 紙火鍋 zhǐ huǒ guō paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table) 𠙶 ǒu (name of a mountain) / copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 热血沸腾 熱血沸騰 rè xuè - fèi téng (idiom) to be fired up / to have one's blood racing / to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc) 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ - dǎ jié lit. to loot a burning house (idiom) / fig. to take advantage of sb's misfortune syn 延烧 延燒 yán shāo (of fire) to continue burning / to spread / (fig.) (of a disease, controversy, issue or trend) to spread / to intensify / to gain traction 燃油舱 燃油艙 rán yóu cāng oil tank (of ship) 智囊机构 智囊機構 zhì náng jī gòu think tank / brain trust 储水箱 儲水箱 chǔ shuǐ xiāng water-storage tank 全球发展中心 全球發展中心 quán qiú fā zhǎn zhōng xīn Center for Global Development (an environmental think tank) 外交关系理事会 外交關係理事會 wài jiāo guān xì lǐ shì huì Council on Foreign Relations (US policy think tank) 思想库 思想庫 sī xiǎng kù think tank 智库 智庫 zhì kù think tank / intellectual resource 油塔 yóu tǎ oil tank 洗涤槽 洗滌槽 xǐ dí cáo washing tank / sink 养鱼缸 養魚缸 yǎng yú gāng aquarium / fish tank 反坦克导弹 反坦克導彈 fǎn tǎn kè dǎo dàn anti-tank guided missile 汗背心 hàn bèi xīn tank top / sleeveless undershirt 油脂罐 yóu zhī guàn grease tank 油脂桶 yóu zhī tǒng grease tank 油脂槽 yóu zhī cáo grease tank 扫雷坦克 flail tank 运水车 water tank truck / water truck 调节槽 adjust tank 熄焦储水槽 xī jiāo chǔ shuǐ cáo quench tank 