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煙火

简烟火 · 繁煙火

Mandarin · pinyin yān huǒ#

smoke and fire
cooked food
(literary) beacon fire
(literary) descendants; posterity

Mandarin · pinyin yān huo#

fireworks

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火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
烟: yān · smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

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1–3 · yan1 huo3

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noun

smoke and fire
cooked food
(literary) joss sticks and candles
(literary) beacon-fire
(literary) war; conflict
(literary) later generations; posterity
(literary) signs of human habitation

noun

firework; sparkler

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