灯火
dēng huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

灯火
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dēng huǒ
  1. lights

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
huǒ chē piào
  1. 1 train ticket
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
mào huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to burn with rage
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
dà huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 large fire
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
shī huǒ
  1. 1 to catch fire
  2. 2 on fire
  3. 3 fire (alarm)
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
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
rě huǒ
  1. 1 to stir up the fire
  2. 2 fig. to provoke and offend people
  3. 3 to ruffle feathers
zhàn huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 the fire of war
dǎ huǒ jī
  1. 1 lighter
  2. 2 cigarette lighter

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

我们要看的就是你们原汁原味的生活。像你们这种建在河边的房子就很有特色,外面看起来是传统的吊脚楼。晚上睡在里面,听着潺潺的流水声,看着河两岸的灯火,这感觉真棒。
wǒmen yào kàn de jiùshì nǐmen yuánzhīyuánwèi de shēnghuó 。xiàng nǐmen zhèzhǒng jiàn zài hébiān de fángzi jiù hěn yǒu tèsè ,wàimian kàn qǐlai shì chuántǒng de diàojiǎolóu 。wǎnshang shuì zài lǐmiàn ,tīng zhe chánchán de liúshuǐshēng ,kàn zhe hé liǎng\'àn de dēnghuǒ ,zhè gǎnjué zhēn bàng 。
What we want to see is what your lives were really like. Like these buildings that you build on the riverside – they're so distinctive. From the outside, they look like the traditional stilt-houses. Sleeping inside at night, listening to the babbling sounds of flowing water, watching the lights on both sides of the river – it's such a great feeling.
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是啊,里面灯火通明,好像还有一群人走来走去。
shì a ,lǐmiàn dēnghuǒtōngmíng ,hǎoxiàng hái yǒu yī qún rén zǒuláizǒuqù 。
Yeah. It's really well-lit. Looks like there's a group of people walking back and forth there.