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火水爐
Mandarin: huo3 shui3 lu2
Simplified: 火水炉
kerosene cooking stove
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火法冶金
Mandarin: huo3 fa3 ye3 jin1
pyrometallurgy
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火流星
Mandarin: huo3 liu2 xing1
a bolide; fireball
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火海
Mandarin: huo3 hai3
(noun - figurative meaning) extreme danger
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火滾
Mandarin: huo3 gun3
Simplified: 火滚
(adjective) infuriating; maddening; angry; pissed off; irate
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火災
Mandarin: huo3 zai1
fire (that burns buildings, etc.)
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火炬
Mandarin: huo3 ju4
torch
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火炬計劃
Mandarin: Huo3 ju4 ji4 hua4
Simplified: 火炬计划
the China Torch Program (a plan to develop new and advanced technology)
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火炭
Mandarin: huo3tan4
(noun) 1. Fo Tan, which is an industry area in Shatin, Hong Kong; 2. Fo Tan, which is a MTR station of East Rail Line
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火烈鳥
Mandarin: huo3 lie4 niao3
flamingo (also 紅鶴 or 紅鸛, which can refer to the scarlet ibis)
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火焰
Mandarin: huo3 yan2
blaze; flame
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火焰山
Mandarin: huo3 yan4 shan1
HuoYan Shan (Flaming Mountains), an intensely hot area of the desert in the Turpan basin in Xinjiang that has hills made of red clay that appears to burning. It is the hottest place in China with temperatures reaching 47C (117F). Folklore purports that the red color of the mountain is the blood of a slain dragon that ate children.
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火焰木
Mandarin: huo3 yan4 mu4
African tulip tree | fountain tree | pichkari | Nandi flame (Spathodea campanulata)
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火焰鳥
Mandarin: huo3 yan4 niao3
phoenix (bird)
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火燄
Mandarin: huo3 yan4
Simplified: 火焰
flame; blaze
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火燒火燎
Mandarin: huo3 shao1 huo3 liao2
feeling terribly hot; restless with anxiety
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火燒眼眉
Mandarin: huo3 shao5 yan3 mei2
Simplified: 火烧眼眉
(Cantonese analogy - figurative meaning) danger is right in front of someone
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火燭
Mandarin: huo3 zhu2
Simplified: 火烛
(noun) catch fire
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火燭車
Mandarin: huo3 zhu2 che1
Simplified: 火烛车
a fire engine
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火燭鬼
Mandarin: huo3 zhu2 gui3
Simplified: 火烛鬼
(noun) a fireman
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火爆
Mandarin: huo3 bao4
fiery; irritable; flourishing
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火爐
Mandarin: huo3 lu2
Simplified: 火炉
(noun) fireplace
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火爐仔
Cantonese
a small, warm, cuddly child (lit., "little stove")
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火爐城市
Mandarin: huo3 lu2 cheng2 shi4
so-called "stove cities" because of their hot summers. 三火爐城市: Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing. 四火爐城市: Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, Changsha. 七火爐城市: Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, Changsha, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Shanghai.
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火牆
Mandarin: huo3 qiang2
firewall (literal translation, but see also 防火牆)
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火牛
Mandarin: huo3 niu2
(noun) an AC adaptor; an electric transformer; an electrical ballast
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火狐
Mandarin: huo3 hu2
Firefox (web browser)
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火盆
Mandarin: huo3 pen2
brasier, brazier, fire-pan
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火石
flint
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火石洲
Mandarin: huo3 shi2 zhou1
Basalt Island, in Hong Kong
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