燃
to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)
Example Sentences
他用火柴点燃了蜡烛。
tā yòng huǒ chái diǎn rán le là zhú.
He used a match to light the candle.
他划了一根火柴点燃了蜡烛。
tā huà le yī gēn huǒ chái diǎn rán le là zhú.
He struck a match to light the candle.
我们必须节约燃料。
wǒ men bì xū jié yuē rán liào.
We are obliged to save fuel.
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Related Words & Compounds
burn, ignite
fuel
fuel oil
gas
to set off (fireworks, etc.)
to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
fire bomb / incendiary device
to ignite; to set fire to; to light / (chemistry) ignition point; combustion point
coal fuel
to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation
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