焚
Meanings
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- 1.to burn
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Wiktionary
- 1.to burn
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 林 (“trees”) + 火 (“fire”). Compare Burmese ပ (pa., “to shine”) (Hill, 2019).
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Derived terms
五內如焚五内如焚引火自焚心急如焚心焦如焚憂心如焚忧心如焚慾火焚身欲火焚身抱薪救焚拯溺救焚救焚拯溺未焚徙薪沐浴焚香濟河焚舟济河焚舟焚修焚劫焚化焚化爐焚化炉焚如焚如之刑焚如之禍焚如之祸焚屍揚灰焚尸扬灰焚掠焚書焚书
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Related words
焚烧 to burn焚毁 to burn down焚化 to cremate焚香 to burn incense焚风 foehn wind (loanword)自焚 to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate焚尸 to cremate焚毁 to burn down焚砚 to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)焚尸炉 crematorium心急如焚 see 心急火燎[xīn jí huǒ liǎo]玩火自焚 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences