烈火干柴

烈
烈
火
火
干
乾
柴
柴
lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers

Characters and words in 烈火干柴

烈
liè = li + e4
ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements
烈 = 列 + 灬 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to start her grill (灬) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) with gasoline. As she ignites the liquid Gabriel (列) jumps in and saves her at the last moment from the fierce (烈) fireball.
烈
火
raging inferno / blaze
火
huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).
干
乹
ga̅n = g + an1
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干
亁
ga̅n = g + an1
variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干
ga̅n = g + an1
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
干
幹
gàn = g + an4
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.
干
乾
ga̅n = g + an1
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
干 = 一 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: dried fruit.

Guy Fawkes (g) is drying (干) his clothes in front of the anthill (an1). He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross (十) and a flute (一). Waiting for his clothes to dry, he snacks dried fruit (mnemonic symbol for 干).
柴
chái = ch + ai2
firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)
柴 = 木 + 此 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) found new boots (此) under the Christmas tree (木) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) and is eager to try them out. He gets some firewood (柴), makes a fire and is amazed that with the boots he is able to walk over the fire. He is so amazed that he spontaneously walks all over the Christmas tree (like indicated in the character 柴).

Words with 烈火干柴

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Sentences with 烈火干柴

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