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失火

shī huǒ

2-character word

What 失火 means

1. to catch fire; to be on fire

The characters in 失火

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 木造的房子最容易失火。
  Mù zào de fángzi zuì róngyì shīhuǒ.
  Houses made of wood are the easiest to catch on fire.
• "失火了!" 他大叫。
  "Shīhuǒ le!" tā dà jiào.
  "Fire!", he cried.
• 你看，那边正在冒烟，那栋大厦一定是失火了。
  Nǐ kàn, nàbian zhèngzài màoyān, nà dòng dàshà yīdìng shì shīhuǒ le.
  Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.

Words containing 失火

• 城门失火，殃及池鱼chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yúa fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom)…