引火

yǐnhuǒ
  1. to kindle
  2. to light a fire

CEDICT

to kindle; to light a fire; to ignite

Wiktionary

先点燃较容易燃烧的东西，再将火苗传递到其他地方。

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
引火烧身 yǐnhuǒshāoshēn to invite trouble
引火线 yǐnhuǒxiàn
  1. fuse (for explosives)
  2. (fig.) proximate cause
  3. the last straw

Related entries

引着 yǐnzháo
  1. to ignite
  2. to kindle
举火 jǔhuǒ (literary) to light a fire
点火 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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