导火索
dǎo huǒ suǒ
Pinyin

Definition

导火索
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dǎo huǒ suǒ
  1. fuse (for explosive)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
探索
tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
搜索
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
检索
jiǎn suǒ
  1. 1 to retrieve (data)
  2. 2 to look up
  3. 3 retrieval
  4. 4 search
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火星
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
火线
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
火车票
huǒ chē piào
  1. 1 train ticket
火车站
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
火锅
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
烈火
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
烟火
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
冒火
mào huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to burn with rage
利索
lì suo
  1. 1 nimble
去火
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
喷火
pēn huǒ
  1. 1 to shoot flames
  2. 2 to erupt (of volcanoes)
  3. 3 flaming (of flowers)
大火
dà huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 large fire
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
失火
shī huǒ
  1. 1 to catch fire
  2. 2 on fire
  3. 3 fire (alarm)

Idioms (20)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
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
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
  1. 1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
打得火热
dǎ de huǒ rè
  1. 1 to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)
  2. 2 billing and cooing
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
  1. 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ
  1. 1 a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
星星之火，可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán
  1. 1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
杀人放火
shā rén fàng huǒ
  1. 1 to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson

Sample Sentences

倒不是，导火索是我做得太过火了，每次大姨妈来，我都拉肚子，就爱向他撒娇卖萌求安慰，时间久了他有点不以为然了，昨天他说“不就是拉肚子吗”。
dào bùshì ，dǎohuǒsuǒ shì wǒ zuò de tài guòhuǒ le ，měicì dàyímā lái ，wǒ dōu lā dùzi ，jiù ài xiàng tā sājiāo màiméng qiú ānwèi ，shíjiān jiǔ le tā yǒudiǎnr bùyǐwéirán le ，zuótiān tā shuō “bù jiùshì lā dùzi ma ”。
That's not it at all. The trigger was me going overboard. Every time my Aunt Flow comes to town, I always get diarrhea, so I'll act all cute and distraught with him and ask him to comfort me. After a while he started to have a problem with it, and yesterday he said "Isn't it just diarrhea?".
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