蝮蛇 fù shé Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper 俑坑 yǒng kēng pit with funerary figures / pit containing terracotta warriors 干坑式厕所 dry-pit latrine / dry pit 火塘 huǒ táng indoor fire pit 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire syn 地炉 地爐 dì lú fire pit 跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture 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 较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble syn 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts syn 井下 jǐng xià underground / in the pit (mining) 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 无底洞 無底洞 wú dǐ dòng bottomless pit 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 矿场 礦場 kuàng chǎng a mine / pit 泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass syn 采石场 採石場 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit / latrine syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 坑洞 kēng dòng hole / pit / pothole 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 矿车 礦車 kuàng chē miner's cart / pit truck 白花蛇 bái huā shé long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) syn 陷坑 xiàn kēng pitfall / pit as animal trap syn 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn 探井 tàn jǐng (mining) test pit / exploratory shaft / test well 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn 坎 埳 kǎn old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 硐 dòng variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit 凼 dàng pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 腘 膕 guó knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine) 坜 壢 lì hole, pit 凹洞 āo dòng cavity / pit 窞 dàn pit / cave 阬 kēng pit / to defraud 渗坑 滲坑 shèn kēng sewage pit 溛 wā to form hollow / pit 埳 kǎn a pit, a hole, a snare, a danger / a crisis / a mortar 凼子 dàng zi pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 坑木 kēng mù pit prop 墓坑 mù kēng tomb pit 墓坑夯土层 墓坑夯土層 mù kēng hāng tǔ céng layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology) 心窝儿 心窩兒 xīn wō r one's breast / the pit of one's stomach syn 核儿 核兒 hú r pit (stone of a fruit) syn 梅核气 梅核氣 méi hé qì (TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm 沤凼 漚凼 òu dàng cesspool / compost pit 无底坑 無底坑 wú dǐ kēng the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible) / pitless (elevator) 狼井 láng jǐng wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes 颊窝 頰窩 jiá wō dimple / heat-sensing facial pit of a snake 半核 bàn hé hemishell / half-pit 弹芯 bomb core / pit 通风改良坑式厕所 tòng fēng gǎi liáng kēng shì cè suǒ ventilated improved pit latrine / VIP latrine 渗水沟 shèn shuǐ gōu soakage trench / soakage pit 爆破坑 bào pò kēng demolition pit 坑锯 pit sawing 露天坑内爆破 露天坑內爆破 lù tiān kēng nèi bào pò open-pit detonation 火炮掩体 火炮掩體 gun pit 悬浮核 懸浮核 levitated pit / levitated core 坑式厕所 坑式廁所 dug-pit latrine 焦油坑 tar pit 载有政府公约的协定 載有政府公約的協定 Agreement Embodying a Convention on Governance between the Forces for Democratic Change, consisting of FRODEBU, RPB, PP, PL and the Political Parties of the Opposition, composed of UPRONA, RADDES, Inkinzo, PSD, ANADDE, ABASA, PIT, PRP, and PARENA / Agreeme 固体堆芯 固體堆芯 solid pit / solid core 臽 xiàn (archaic) pit / hole in the ground / old variant of 陷[xian4] 龟壳花 龜殼花 guī ké huā Formosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus) 旱厕 旱廁 hàn cè pit toilet 比特犬 bǐ tè quǎn pit bull (loanword) 洞子 dòng zi cave / pit / (coll.) greenhouse 互别苗头 互別苗頭 hù bié miáo tou to compete with (idiom) (Tw) / to pit oneself against 粪坑 糞坑 fèn kēng latrine pit / cesspit 地穴 dì xué pit / burrow / crypt syn 别苗头 別苗頭 bié miáo tou (dialect) to compete with / to pit oneself against 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 