烧纸
shāo zhǐ
Pinyin

Definition

烧纸
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shāo zhǐ
  1. to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

报纸
bào zhǐ
  1. 1 newspaper
  2. 2 newsprint
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],期[qī],張|张[zhāng]
壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
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
发烧
fā shāo
  1. 1 to have a high temperature (from illness)
  2. 2 to have a fever
纸
zhǐ
  1. 1 paper
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]
  3. 3 classifier for documents, letter etc
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)
剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ
  1. 1 papercutting (Chinese folk art)
  2. 2 to make paper cutouts
叉烧
chā shāo
  1. 1 char siu
  2. 2 barbecued pork
图纸
tú zhǐ
  1. 1 blueprint
  2. 2 drawing
  3. 3 design plans
  4. 4 graph paper
妹纸
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
厕纸
cè zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper
废纸
fèi zhǐ
  1. 1 waste paper
手纸
shǒu zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper
折纸
zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 paper folding
  2. 2 origami
火烧
huǒ shāo
  1. 1 to set fire to
  2. 2 to burn down
  3. 3 burning hot
  4. 4 baked cake
烧伤
shāo shāng
  1. 1 burn (injury)
烧水
shāo shuǐ
  1. 1 to heat water
  2. 2 to boil water

Idioms (13)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
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
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
  1. 1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
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.
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
  1. 1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3 armchair strategist
  4. 4 idle theorizing
  5. 5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
纸醉金迷
zhǐ zuì jīn mí
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
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
跃然纸上
yuè rán zhǐ shàng
  1. 1 to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
  2. 2 to stand out markedly
金迷纸醉
jīn mí zhǐ zuì
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
钻故纸堆
zuān gù zhǐ duī
  1. 1 to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers

Sample Sentences

哎，我昨天晚上看见一个人在十字路口画了个圈烧纸，嘴巴里还念念叨叨的，他在干吗呀？
āi ，wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang kànjiàn yī gè rén zài shízì lùkǒu huà le ge quān shāozhǐ ，zuǐbā li hái niànniandāodāo de ，tā zài gànmá ya ？
Last night I saw a guy at an intersection who had painted a little circle and was burning money inside. He was also chanting or muttering something. What in the world was he doing?
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