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乾柴烈火
  gon1 caai4 lit6 fo2   jyutping
  gan1 chai2 lie4 huo3   pinyin
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
Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
乾柴烈火

This word has been viewed 1564 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by riko on 12th Sep 2008 23:29 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 gon1 kin4  -  dry; dried food; dried up; adopted
 caai4  -  firewood; faggot
 lit6  -  intense; staunch; martyr; achievements
 fo2  -  fire
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