燃烧瓶
rán shāo píng
Pinyin

Definition

燃烧瓶
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rán shāo píng
  1. Molotov cocktail

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
瓶
píng
  1. 1 bottle
  2. 2 vase
  3. 3 pitcher
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 classifier for wine and liquids
吊瓶
diào píng
  1. 1 infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)
奶瓶
nǎi píng
  1. 1 baby's feeding bottle
燃
rán
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to ignite
  3. 3 to light
  4. 4 fig. to spark off (hopes)
  5. 5 to start (debate)
  6. 6 to raise (hopes)
燃放
rán fàng
  1. 1 to light
  2. 2 to set off (firecrackers etc)
燃烧
rán shāo
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to combust
  3. 3 to burn
  4. 4 combustion
  5. 5 flaming
燃起
rán qǐ
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to light
  3. 3 fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
瓶子
píng zi
  1. 1 bottle
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
瓶装
píng zhuāng
  1. 1 bottled
瓶颈
píng jǐng
  1. 1 bottleneck
花瓶
huā píng
  1. 1 flower vase
  2. 2 fig. just a pretty face
  3. 3 CL:對|对[duì]
开瓶器
kāi píng qì
  1. 1 bottle opener
电瓶车
diàn píng chē
  1. 1 battery-powered vehicle
点燃
diǎn rán
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to set on fire
  3. 3 aflame
保温瓶
bǎo wēn píng
  1. 1 thermos
内燃
nèi rán
  1. 1 internal combustion (engine)
内燃机
nèi rán jī
  1. 1 internal combustion engine
半瓶醋
bàn píng cù
  1. 1 dabbler
  2. 2 dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
可燃性
kě rán xìng
  1. 1 flammable
  2. 2 flammability

Idioms (9)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
新瓶旧酒
xīn píng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶装旧酒
xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
煮豆燃萁
zhǔ dòu rán qí
  1. 1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
燃眉之急
rán méi zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. 2 extreme emergency
旧瓶装新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ
  1. 1 lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
  2. 2 (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

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