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燃

Mandarin · pinyin rán

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燃: rán · burn; light fire, ignite

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to burn; to be alight
to ignite; to light
to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
(neologism, slang) lit; awesome; cool; uplifting
(neologism, slang) pumped up; hyper; stoked

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(Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) to burn (wood, coal, etc.)
(Hokkien, Teochew) to heat up; to boil (a liquid)

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