烧毁
shāo huǐ
Pinyin

Definition

烧毁
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shāo huǐ
  1. to burn
  2. to burn down

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

燃烧
rán shāo
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to combust
  3. 3 to burn
  4. 4 combustion
  5. 5 flaming
烧
shāo
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to cook
  3. 3 to stew
  4. 4 to bake
  5. 5 to roast
  6. 6 to heat
  7. 7 to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. 8 fever
  9. 9 to run a temperature
  10. 10 (coll.) to let things go to one's head
烧烤
shāo kǎo
  1. 1 barbecue
  2. 2 to roast
毁
huǐ
  1. 1 variant of 毀|毁[huǐ]
  2. 2 to destroy by fire
  3. 3 a blaze
发烧
fā shāo
  1. 1 to have a high temperature (from illness)
  2. 2 to have a fever
串烧
chuàn shāo
  1. 1 to cook on a skewer
  2. 2 barbecued food on a skewer
  3. 3 shish kebab
低烧
dī shāo
  1. 1 a low fever (up to 38°C)
叉烧
chā shāo
  1. 1 char siu
  2. 2 barbecued pork
火烧
huǒ shāo
  1. 1 to set fire to
  2. 2 to burn down
  3. 3 burning hot
  4. 4 baked cake
炸毁
zhà huǐ
  1. 1 to blow up
  2. 2 to destroy with explosives
烧纸
shāo zhǐ
  1. 1 to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
烧菜
shāo cài
  1. 1 to cook
烧卖
shāo mài
  1. 1 shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
  2. 2 also written 燒麥|烧麦[shāo mài]
烧开
shāo kāi
  1. 1 to boil
烧饼
shāo bing
  1. 1 baked sesame seed-coated cake
烧香
shāo xiāng
  1. 1 to burn incense
红烧
hóng shāo
  1. 1 simmer-fried (dish)
红烧肉
hóng shāo ròu
  1. 1 red braised pork
退烧
tuì shāo
  1. 1 to reduce fever
铁板烧
tiě bǎn shāo
  1. 1 teppanyaki

Idioms (6)

平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 doing things at the last minute
  3. 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
拣佛烧香
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
  1. 1 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
火烧眉毛
huǒ shāo méi mao
  1. 1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. 2 extreme emergency
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo
  1. 1 to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
  2. 2 to labor under a double burden

Sample Sentences

日本京都动画公司社长八田英明19日证实，18日火灾将京都动画第一工作室过去全部画作、资料和电脑中储存的作品全部烧毁，损失巨大。
Rìběn Jīngdū dònghuà gōngsī shèzhǎng bātiányīngmíng rì zhèngshí ， rì huǒzāi jiāng Jīngdū dònghuà dìyī gōngzuòshì guòqù quánbù huàzuò 、zīliào hé diànnǎo zhōng chǔcún de zuòpǐn quánbù shāohuǐ ，sǔnshī jùdà 。
Japan’s Kyoto Animation Company’s president, Yasuda Hideaki, confirmed on the 19th that the fire on the 18th destroyed all the paintings, materials and computer-stored works of Kyoto Animation’s first studio.
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