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燒火

简烧火 · 繁燒火

Mandarin · pinyin shāo huǒ

to light a fire for cooking

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燒: shāo · burn; bake; heat; roast
火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
烧: shāo · burn; bake; heat; roast

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1–3 · shao1 huo3

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verb

to make a fire; to light a fire; to tend the kitchen fire
(Meixian Hakka, Malaysian Mandarin) fire (as a disaster); conflagration
(dialectal) to cook

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