引火

yǐnhuǒ
  1. to kindle
  2. to light a fire

CEDICT

to kindle; to light a fire; to ignite

Wiktionary

先點燃較容易燃燒的東西，再將火苗傳遞到其他地方。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 引 yǐn
  1. to draw (e.g. a bow)
  2. to pull
  3. to stretch sth
  4. to extend
  5. to lengthen
  6. to involve or implicate in
  7. to attract
  8. to lead
  9. to guide
  10. to leave
  11. to provide evidence or justification for
  12. old unit of distance equal to 10 丈 zhàng, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
2 火 huǒ
  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86

Containing this entry

引火柴 yǐnhuǒchái kindling
引火燒身 yǐnhuǒshāoshēn to invite trouble
引火線 yǐnhuǒxiàn
  1. fuse (for explosives)
  2. (fig.) proximate cause
  3. the last straw

Related entries

引著 yǐnzháo
  1. to ignite
  2. to kindle
舉火 jǔhuǒ (literary) to light a fire
點火 diǎnhuǒ
  1. to ignite
  2. to light a fire
  3. to agitate
  4. to start an engine
  5. ignition
  6. fig. to stir up trouble
汤姆用尽了火柴，不能点火了。

Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.

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