| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 焚香 | 焚香 | fén xiāng | fen2 xiang1 | to burn incense | ||
| 2 | 自焚 | 自焚 | zì fén | zi4 fen2 | self-immolation | ||
| 3 | 五内如焚 | 五內如焚 | wǔ nèi rú fén | wu3 nei4 ru2 fen2 | very anxious; grief-stricken (idiom) | ||
| 4 | 玩火自焚 | 玩火自焚 | wán huǒ zì fén | wan2 huo3 zi4 fen2 | to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences; to get one's fingers burnt | ||
| 5 | 秋色如焚 | 秋色如焚 | qiū sè rú fén | qiu1 se4 ru2 fen2 | (The hills) were inflamed with autumnal tints. (idiom) | ||
| 6 | 怒火如焚 | 怒火如焚 | nù huǒ rú fén | nu4 huo3 ru2 fen2 | to be all burned up (idiom) | ||
| 7 | 灭迹焚尸 | 滅跡焚屍 | miè jì fén shī | mie4 ji4 fen2 shi1 | to burn a corpse to destroy evidence (idiom) | ||
| 8 | 兰艾同焚 | 蘭艾同焚 | lán ài tóng fén | lan2 ai4 tong2 fen2 | lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common; the rain falls on the just and unjust alike | ||
| 9 | 救焚益薪 | 救焚益薪 | jiù fén yì xīn | jiu4 fen2 yi4 xin1 | add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse; to add fuel to the fire | ||
| 10 | 焚砚 | 焚硯 | fén yàn | fen2 yan4 | to destroy one's ink-slab; to write no more because others write so much better (idiom) | ||
| 11 | 焚香烧炉 | 焚香燒爐 | fén xiāng shāo lú | fen2 xiang1 shao1 lu2 | to burn joss sticks and candles in an incense burner (idiom) | ||
| 12 | 焚香敬神 | 焚香敬神 | fén xiāng jìng shén | fen2 xiang1 jing4 shen2 | to burn incense in prayer to a God | ||
| 13 | 焚香结盟 | 焚香結盟 | fén xiāng jié méng | fen2 xiang1 jie2 meng2 | to burn incense and pledge an oath (idiom) | ||
| 14 | 焚 | 焚 | fén | fen2 | to burn | ||
| 15 | 焚书坑儒 | 焚書坑儒 | fén shū kēng rú | fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2 | to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 ) | ||
| 16 | 焚书 | 焚書 | fén shū | fen2 shu1 | to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) | ||
| 17 | 焚尸扬灰 | 焚屍揚灰 | fén shī yáng huī | fen2 shi1 yang2 hui1 | to burn the corpse and scatter the ashes; to desecrate the dead (idiom) | ||
| 18 | 焚尸灭迹 | 焚屍滅跡 | fén shī miè jì | fen2 shi1 mie4 ji4 | to burn the corpse to destroy the evidence (idiom) | ||
| 19 | 焚尸炉 | 焚屍爐 | fén shī lú | fen2 shi1 lu2 | crematorium; crematory oven | ||
| 20 | 焚尸 | 焚屍 | fén shī | fen2 shi1 | to cremate | ||
| 21 | 焚烧 | 焚燒 | fén shāo | fen2 shao1 | to burn; to set on fire | ||
| 22 | 焚琴煮鹤 | 焚琴煮鶴 | fén qín zhǔ hè | fen2 qin2 zhu3 he4 | lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things | ||
| 23 | 焚毁 | 焚毀 | fén huǐ | fen2 hui3 | to burn down; to destroy with fire; trad. also written 焚毀 ; to burn down; to destroy with fire | ||
| 24 | 焚化 | 焚化 | fén huà | fen2 hua4 | to cremate | ||
| 25 | 焚膏继晷 | 焚膏繼晷 | fén gāo jì guǐ | fen2 gao1 ji4 gui3 | to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day |
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