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乾柴烈火
gon1 caai4 lit6 fo2 |
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lit. dry wood [near a] fierce fire; a volatile or explosive situation; when a man and a woman are burning with passion; title of a 2002 Hong Kong comedy-romance movie starring Miriam Yeung and Louis Koo
Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:乾 gon1 kin4 - dry; dried food; dried up; adopted柴 caai4 - firewood; faggot 烈 lit6 - intense; staunch; martyr; achievements 火 fo2 - fire |
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