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消防员

xiāo fáng yuán

3-character word Traditional 消防員

What 消防员 means

1. firefighter; fireman

The characters in 消防员

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 员yuán(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…

Example sentences

• 请叫消防员。
  Qǐng jiào xiāofángyuán.
  Please call the fire department.
• 我的梦想是成为一名消防员。
  My dream is to become a firefighter.
• 消防员到达并发现了起火的房子。
  Upon arrival, the firefighters discovered the house in flames.
• 消防员一眨眼的功夫就把火给灭了。
  The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
• 消防员们在到达时发现了起火的房子。
  Xiāofángyuán men zài dàodá shí fāxiàn le qǐhuǒ de fángzi.
  Upon arrival, the firefighters discovered the house in flames.
• 消防员还没有赶到，那两幢大厦就已经烧成灰烬了。
  Xiāofángyuán hái méiyǒu gǎndào, nà liǎng zhuàng dàshà jiù yǐjīng shāo chéng huījìn le.
  Before the firemen were able to arrive, both buildings burned down.