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fire noun—火 n (almost always used) ()火灾 nExamples:fire-bellied salamander (Cynops orientalis David)—lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation—fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied the skin)—fire beacon towers (historical sites on the Great Wall and in Xinjiang)—Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble—the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)—dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc)—standpipe (fire-fighting water storage system for a building)—stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); get one's fingers burnt—lit. water from afar quenches not fire; fig. urgent need—fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China—lit. intense fire dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile—lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion Daoist alchemy) [idiom.]— |