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 快 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant syn 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 迅速 xùn sù rapid / speedy / fast 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 消防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 急剧 急劇 jí jù rapid / sudden syn 开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 火柴 huǒ chái match (for lighting fire) / CL:根[gen1],盒[he2] syn 日新月异 日新月異 rì xīn yuè yì daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress 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 火控 huǒ kòng fire control (gunnery) 着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire syn 火塘 huǒ táng indoor fire pit 火 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn 拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn 炒 chǎo to sauté / to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc) / to scalp / to hype up / to sack / to fire (sb) syn 熬 áo to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure syn 烘 hōng to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast syn 快速 kuài sù fast / high-speed / rapid 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 快速发展 快速發展 kuài sù fā zhǎn rapid growth / rapid expansion 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) 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 大力发展 大力發展 dà lì fā zhǎn vigorous expansion / rapid development 恶性 惡性 è xìng malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity 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 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 腾飞 騰飛 téng fēi lit. to fly upwards swiftly / fig. rapid advance / rapidly developing (situation) 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 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 猛增 měng zēng sharp increase / rapid growth 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 轨道交通 軌道交通 guǐ dào jiāo tōng metro / rapid transit / subway 燎原 liáo yuán to start a prairie fire 救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting syn 失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn 连珠 連珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row syn 陶冶 táo yě lit. to fire pots and smelt metal / fig. to educate 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 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 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn 回击 回擊 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack syn 火神 huǒ shén god of fire 神速 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development syn 推波助澜 推波助瀾 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire syn 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 火堆 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 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 跃进 躍進 yuè jìn to leap forward / to make rapid progress / a leap forward syn 灭火器 滅火器 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 水龙 水龍 shuǐ lóng hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 瞬息万变 瞬息萬變 shùn xī wàn biàn in an instant a myriad changes (idiom) / rapid substantial change syn 纵火 縱火 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson syn 耐火 nài huǒ refractory (material) / fire-resistant 停战 停戰 tíng zhàn to cease fire / to stop fighting / armistice / truce syn 火场 火場 huǒ chǎng the scene of a fire 勃发 勃發 bó fā to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth 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 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 停火 tíng huǒ to cease fire / ceasefire syn 拉练 拉練 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas 炉火 爐火 lú huǒ the fire of a stove 开炮 開砲 kāi pào to open 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 引燃 yǐn rán to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc) syn 