焚尸
焚尸焚屍 fén shī ㄈㄣˊ ㄕ fan4 si1
- to cremate
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More words with these characters
焚
- 焚烧焚燒 fén shāo ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄠ fan4 siu1 to burn
- 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄣˊ sam1 gap1 jyu4 fan4 see 心急火燎[xin1 ji2 huo3 liao3]
- 焚化 fén huà ㄈㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ fan4 faa3 to cremate
- 焚毁焚毀 fén huǐ ㄈㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˇ fan4 wai2 to burn down
- 焚毁焚燬 fén huǐ ㄈㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˇ to burn down
- 焚砚焚硯 fén yàn ㄈㄣˊ ㄧㄢˋ fan4 jin6 to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)
尸
- 尸体屍體 shī tǐ ㄕ ㄊㄧˇ si1 tai2 corpse; dead body
- 干尸乾屍 gān shī ㄍㄢ ㄕ gon1 si1 desiccated corpse; mummified body
- 停尸停屍 tíng shī ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄕ ting4 si1 to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)
- 全尸全屍 quán shī ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕ cyun4 si1 intact corpse
- 分尸分屍 fēn shī ㄈㄣ ㄕ fan1 si1 to dismember a corpse
- 锉尸剉屍 cuò shī ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄕ co3 si1 to cut the corpse of a criminal into pieces
Idioms with these characters
- 焚膏继晷焚膏繼晷 fén gāo jì guǐ ㄈㄣˊ ㄍㄠ ㄐㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ fan4 gou1 gai3 gwai2 to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
- 救焚益薪 jiù fén yì xīn ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ gau3 fan4 jik1 san1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
- 兰艾同焚蘭艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén ㄌㄢˊ ㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄣˊ laan4 ngaai6 tung4 fan4 lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
- 玩火自焚 wán huǒ zì fén ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ waan4 fo2 zi6 fan4 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
- 玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén ㄩˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄩˋ ㄈㄣˊ juk6 sek6 keoi1 fan4 to burn both jade and common stone
- 借尸还魂借屍還魂 jiè shī huán hún ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ze3 si1 waan4 wan4 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
- 掘墓鞭尸掘墓鞭屍 jué mù biān shī ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄕ gwat6 mou6 bin1 si1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
- 马革裹尸馬革裹屍 mǎ gé guǒ shī ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕ maa5 gaak3 gwo2 si1 to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
- 尸横遍野屍橫遍野 shī héng biàn yě ㄕ ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ si1 waang4 pin3 je5 (idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
- 尸山血海屍山血海 shī shān xuè hǎi ㄕ ㄕㄢ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄞˇ si1 saan1 hyut3 hoi2 lit. mountains of corpses and oceans of blood (idiom)