法外处决 法外處決 extra-legal execution / extrajudicial execution / extra-legal killing / extrajudicial killing 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 处死 處死 chǔ sǐ an execution / to put sb to death syn 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution syn 刑场 刑場 xíng chǎng execution ground syn 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 极刑 極刑 jí xíng supreme penalty / execution syn 临刑 臨刑 lín xíng facing execution syn 法场 法場 fǎ chǎng execution ground syn 赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 仁心仁术 仁心仁術 rén xīn rén shù benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius) / charitable in thought and deed 刀锯斧钺 刀鋸斧鉞 dāo jù fǔ yuè knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution 就地正法 jiù dì zhèng fǎ to execute on the spot (idiom) / summary execution / to carry out the law on the spot 斧钺汤镬 斧鉞湯鑊 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution 档案执行 檔案執行 dàng àn zhí xíng file execution / executable file 偶语弃市 偶語棄市 ǒu yǔ qì shì chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom) 出大差 chū dà chāi lit. to go on a long trip / fig. to be sent to the execution ground 刑戮 xíng lù (literary) corporal punishment or execution 审处 審處 shěn chǔ to deliberate and decide / to try and punish / trial and execution 工欲善其事，必先利其器 gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job 引颈就戮 引頸就戮 yǐn jǐng jiù lù to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom) 欲善其事，必先利其器 yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job 弃市 棄市 qì shì public execution (old) 石刑 shí xíng stoning (execution method) 国家执行 national execution 国家执行模式 national execution modality 国家执行审计科 National Execution Audit Section 政府执行审计科 Government Execution Audit Section 方桉执行摘要 方案執行摘要 digest of programme execution 政府执行和管理 政府執行和管理 government execution and management 执行法官 執行法官 juge de l'exécution des peines 任意处决 任意處決 arbitrary execution 方桉执行计划 方案執行計劃 Programme Execution Plan 假处决 假處決 mock execution 国家执行支助股 國家執行支助股 National Execution Support Unit 关于执行外国仲裁裁决的公约 關於執行外國仲裁裁決的公約 Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards 国家执行股 國家執行股 National Execution Unit 即决处决 即決處決 summary execution 有效执行条约的目标和宗旨 有效執行條約的目標和宗旨 effective execution of the object and purpose of a treaty 绑赴市曹 綁赴市曹 bǎng fù shì cáo to bind up and take to the market (idiom) / to take a prisoner to the town center for execution 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 