干柴燒得旺。

Dry wood burns well.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 干 gān old variant of 乾 gān
=1 干 Gān surname Gan
=1 干 gān
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
=1 干 gān variant of 乾 gān
=1 干 Gān surname Gan
=1 干 gān
  1. (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
  2. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 tiāngān
  3. (archaic) shield
=1 干 gàn
  1. tree trunk
  2. main part of sth
  3. to manage
  4. to work
  5. to do
  6. capable
  7. cadre
  8. to kill (slang)
  9. to fuck (vulgar)
  10. (coll.) pissed off
  11. annoyed
=1 干 gàn
  1. (～江, ～水) Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  2. Alternative name for 江西 (Jiāngxī, “Jiangxi, a province of China.”).
  3. Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  4. Gan; Gan Chinese
=2 柴 Chái surname Chai
=2 柴 chái
  1. firewood
  2. lean (of meat)
  3. thin (of a person)
=2 柴 zhài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “defending fence”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “villa”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cover; to place something over
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fence; to surround and protect with fence (made of wood)
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stop; to block; to obstruct
  6. alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “defending fence”)
  7. alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “villa”)
  8. to cover; to place something over
  9. to fence; to surround and protect with fence (made of wood)
  10. to stop; to block; to obstruct
3 燒 shāo
  1. to burn
  2. to cook
  3. to stew
  4. to bake
  5. to roast
  6. to heat
  7. to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. fever
  9. to run a temperature
  10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head
=4 得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=4 得 dè used in 得瑟 dèse
=4 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=4 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
5 旺 wàng
  1. prosperous
  2. flourishing
  3. (of flowers) blooming
  4. (of fire) roaring