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熄火

Mandarin · pinyin xī huǒ

(of fire, lamp etc) to go out
to put out (fire)
(fig.) to die down
(of a vehicle) to stall

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熄: xī · put out, extinguish, quash
火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage

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1–3 · xi1 huo3

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verb

(verb-object) to extinguish a fire; to put out a conflagration; to quench a fire; to douse something burning; to blow out a fire (such as in a boiler in factories, steamships, etc.)
(of a car) to stall
(verb-object) to stop an operation
(verb-object) to turn off a lamp or light; to blow out a lamp or light

noun

(Medan Hokkien) an electrical power outage

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