焚fén? （燒） burn:自 ～ get burned；
憂心如 ～ burning with anxiety；
玩火者必自 ～。 He who plays with fire will get burned.;Those who play with fire will burn themselves.
◆焚頂燒指 become a Buddhist monk [nun]；焚膏繼晷 burn a candle to lengthen [prolong] the day;burn [consume] the midnight oil in hard study;sit up and study late at night；
焚化 incinerate;cremate；
焚毀 destroy by fire;burn down；
焚火 stoking；
焚琴煮鶴 burn famous string instrument for fuel and cook crane for meat — offense against culture；
焚燒 burn;set on fire；
焚尸爐 cinerator;crematory；
焚尸滅跡 burn someone's body [the corpse] to cover up the crime;burn the corpse to destroy the evidence;burn the corpse in order to destroy all traces of one's crime;reduce the corpse to ashes in order to destroy all traces of one's crime；
焚尸揚灰 burn sb.'s corpse and scatter the ashes to the winds;destroy the corpse by fire and obliterate all the traces；
焚書坑儒 burn books and bury the literati in pits;burn books and bury Confucian scholars alive;burn books and bury alive Confucian scholars；
焚屋驅(qū)鼠 burn the house to rid it of mice — foolish acts；
焚香 burn incense；
焚香拜神 burn incense to worship god；
焚香禱祝 burn incense and ask for blessings；
焚香點燭 burn incense and light candles；
焚香結(jié)盟 burn incense and pledge an oath；
焚香沐浴 take a bath and burn incense,preparation of a solemn prayer；
焚香載道 line the roads and burn incense in honour of ...；
焚香祝禱 burn incense and pray;burn incense and say a prayer 焚burn
自～burn oneself;self immolation/憂心如～anxiety gnaws at one’s heart/玉石俱～jade and stone burned together—destruction of good and bad alike |