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烈火乾柴

简烈火干柴 · 繁烈火乾柴

Mandarin · pinyin liè huǒ gān chái

see 乾柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ

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烈: liè · fiery, violent, vehement, ardent
火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
柴: chái · firewood, faggots, fuel
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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4–3–1–2 · lie4 huo3 gan1 chai2

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lit6 fo2 gon1 caai4

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