烈火乾柴

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

Characters and words in 烈火乾柴

raging inferno / blaze
liè = li + e4
ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements
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huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
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qián = qi + an2
old variant of 乾[qian2]
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qián = qi + an2
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qián = qi + an2
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
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qián = qi + an2
gān = g + an1
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
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chái = ch + ai2
firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)
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