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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	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)
2	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)
3	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)
4	焚香敬神	焚香敬神	fén xiāng jìng shén	fen2 xiang1 jing4 shen2	to burn incense in prayer to a God
5	焚香结盟	焚香結盟	fén xiāng jié méng	fen2 xiang1 jie2 meng2	to burn incense and pledge an oath (idiom)
6	焚香	焚香	fén xiāng	fen2 xiang1	to burn incense
7	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 )
8	焚书	焚書	fén shū	fen2 shu1	to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
9	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)
10	焚	焚	fén	fen2	to burn
11	焚尸炉	焚屍爐	fén shī lú	fen2 shi1 lu2	crematorium; crematory oven
12	焚尸	焚屍	fén shī	fen2 shi1	to cremate
13	焚烧	焚燒	fén shāo	fen2 shao1	to burn; to set on fire
14	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
15	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
16	焚化	焚化	fén huà	fen2 hua4	to cremate
17	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
18	焚风	焚風	fén fēng	fen2 feng1	foehn wind (loanword)