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放火

fàng huǒ

2-character word

What 放火 means

1. to set on fire
2. to commit arson
3. to create a disturbance

The characters in 放火

• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 他放火烧了校舍。
  Tā fànghuǒ shāo le xiàoshè.
  He set fire to the school building.
• 他放火烧了自己的房子。
  He set fire to his own house.

Words containing 放火

• 杀人放火shā rén fàng huǒto kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
• 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēngonly the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not…