消防员
xiāo fáng yuán
Pinyin

Definition

消防员
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xiāo fáng yuán
  1. firefighter
  2. fireman

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

取消
qǔ xiāo
  1. 1 to cancel
  2. 2 cancellation
消失
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
消费
xiāo fèi
  1. 1 to consume
  2. 2 to spend
国防
guó fáng
  1. 1 national defense
提防
dī fáng
  1. 1 to guard against
  2. 2 to be vigilant
  3. 3 watch you don't (slip)
  4. 4 also pr. [tí fáng]
消
xiāo
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to vanish
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to spend (time)
  5. 5 have to
  6. 6 need
消停
xiāo tíng
  1. 1 to calm down
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 to pause
  4. 4 calmly
  5. 5 peaceful
  6. 6 restful
消化
xiāo huà
  1. 1 to digest
  2. 2 digestion
  3. 3 digestive
消化不良
xiāo huà bù liáng
  1. 1 indigestion
消化道
xiāo huà dào
  1. 1 digestive tract
消散
xiāo sàn
  1. 1 to dissipate
消暑
xiāo shǔ
  1. 1 to spend a summer holiday
  2. 2 (esp of Chinese medicine) to relieve summer heat
消极
xiāo jí
  1. 1 negative
  2. 2 passive
  3. 3 inactive
消毒
xiāo dú
  1. 1 to disinfect
  2. 2 to sterilize
消沉
xiāo chén
  1. 1 depressed
  2. 2 bad mood
  3. 3 low spirit
消灭
xiāo miè
  1. 1 to put an end to
  2. 2 to annihilate
  3. 3 to cause to perish
  4. 4 to perish
  5. 5 annihilation (in quantum field theory)
消灾
xiāo zāi
  1. 1 to avoid calamities
消炎
xiāo yán
  1. 1 to reduce fever
  2. 2 antipyretic
  3. 3 to decrease inflammation
消瘦
xiāo shòu
  1. 1 to waste away
  2. 2 to become thin

Idioms (11)

以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
  1. 1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
  2. 2 prepared for any eventualities
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
明枪好躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
  1. 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  2. 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
  3. 3 to relieve stress
  4. 4 a relaxing pass-time
无福消受
wú fú xiāo shòu
  1. 1 unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
防不胜防
fáng bù shèng fáng
  1. 1 you can't guard against it (idiom)
  2. 2 impossible to defend effectively
  3. 3 not much one can do about it
  4. 4 It can't be prevented.
防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. 1 to nip in the bud (idiom)
防患未然
fáng huàn wèi rán
  1. 1 to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
  2. 2 to forestall
  3. 3 to nip sth in the bud
防患未萌
fáng huàn wèi méng
  1. 1 to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
云消雾散
yún xiāo wù sàn
  1. 1 the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom)
  2. 2 to clear up
  3. 3 to vanish into thin air

Sample Sentences

有上火，还有去火？难不成中医都是消防员，哪里着了火，就赶去灭火？
yǒu shànghuǒ ，hái yǒu qùhuǒ ？nánbùchéng zhōngyī dōu shì xiāofángyuán ，nǎli zháo le huǒ ，jiù gǎnqù mièhuǒ ？
There's excessive heat, and also getting rid of the heat? Does this mean that Chinese doctors are firefighters? They go wherever there's fire and put it out?
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