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走火

Mandarin · pinyin zǒu huǒ

to go off accidentally
to catch fire

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走: zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage

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3–3 · zou3 huo3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zau2 fo2

Cantonese word readings for 走火. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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zau2 fo2

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verb

to go off by accident (of a gun); to misfire
(electrical engineering) to give off sparks
(electrical engineering) to have a short circuit
be on fire
to flee for one's life from a fire disaster
(figurative) to overstate

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