火候
huǒ hòu
Pinyin

Definition

火候
 - 
huǒ hòu
  1. heat control
  2. maturity
  3. crucial moment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wèn hòu
  1. 1 to give one's respects
  2. 2 to send a greeting
  3. 3 (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
xiǎo shí hou
  1. 1 in one's childhood
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
yǒu shí hou
  1. 1 sometimes
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
cì hòu
  1. 1 to serve
  2. 2 to wait upon
hòu chē shì
  1. 1 waiting room (for train, bus etc)
hòu xuǎn
  1. 1 candidate (attributive)
hòu xuǎn rén
  1. 1 candidate
  2. 2 CL:名[míng]
dào shí hòu
  1. 1 when the moment comes
  2. 2 at that time
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
dà huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 large fire
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
shǒu hòu
  1. 1 to wait for
  2. 2 to expect
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to watch over
  5. 5 to nurse
nù huǒ
  1. 1 rage
  2. 2 fury
  3. 3 hot anger
nǎo huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 irritated
  3. 3 to annoy
  4. 4 to aggravate
  5. 5 annoying
dǎ huǒ jī
  1. 1 lighter
  2. 2 cigarette lighter
fàng huǒ
  1. 1 to set on fire
  2. 2 to commit arson
  3. 3 to create a disturbance
yǒu de shí hòu
  1. 1 sometimes
  2. 2 at times

Idioms (20)

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)
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
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (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
水深火热
shuǐ shēn huǒ rè
  1. 1 deep water and scorching fire
  2. 2 abyss of suffering (idiom)
水火无情
shuǐ huǒ wú qíng
  1. 1 fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)
洞若观火
dòng ruò guān huǒ
  1. 1 clear as a flame (idiom); to see things absolutely clearly
浴火重生
yù huǒ chóng shēng
  1. 1 to rise from the ashes (idiom)
  2. 2 to start again
满嘴跑火车
mǎn zuǐ pǎo huǒ chē
  1. 1 (idiom) to have a glib tongue
  2. 2 to talk big

Sample Sentences

主要影响是皖南、沿淮江,特点是农家家常口味,重色、重油、重火候、擅长烧炖,名菜是黄山炖鸡。
zhǔyào yǐngxiǎng shì wǎnnán 、yán huái jiāng ,tèdiǎn shì nóngjiā jiācháng kǒuwèi ,zhòngsè 、zhòng yóu 、zhòng huǒhou 、shàncháng shāodùn ,míngcài shì huángshān dùnjī 。
The main influence is from southern Anhui and from along the Huai river, the specialties are rural homemade flavors, with heavy colors, lots of oil, cooked on a high flame, with a focus on stew, a famous dish is