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Character Decomposition
燃=火+然
Etymology
fire
Meanings
to burn
to ignite
to light
fig. to spark off (hopes)
to start (debate)
to raise (hopes)
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Words with 燃 81 total
to ignite; to set fire to; to light · (chemistry) ignition point; combustion point燃点rán diǎnto light · to set off (firecrackers etc)燃放rán fàngto burn one's eyebrows · fig. desperately serious situation燃眉rán méito ignite · to start (a fire) · (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc)引燃yǐn ránspontaneous combustion自燃zì rán(attributive) internal combustion内燃nèi ráninflammable可燃kě ránfuel燃料rán liàofuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)燃气rán qìfuel oil燃油rán yóucoal fuel燃煤rán méito ignite · to combust · to burn · combustion · flaming燃烧rán shāo
Idioms with 燃 11 total
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation · extreme emergency燃眉之急rán méi zhī jílit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence · sth malevolent returns to haunt one死灰复燃sǐ huī fù ránburning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife煮豆燃萁zhǔ dòu rán qí