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灰烬

huī jìn

2-character word Traditional 灰燼

What 灰烬 means

1. ashes

The characters in 灰烬

• 灰huīash; dust; lime
• 烬jìn(bound form) cinders; ashes

Example sentences

• 房子烧成了灰烬。
  The house burnt to ashes.
• 房子被大火烧成了灰烬。
  Fángzi bèi dàhuǒ shāo chéngle huījìn.
  The fire reduced the house to ashes.
• 我们的学校被烧成了灰烬。
  Wǒmen de xuéxiào bèi shāo chéngle huījìn.
  Our school was reduced to ashes.
• 那场大火把整个小镇烧成了灰烬。
  Nà chǎng dàhuǒ bǎ zhěnggè xiǎozhèn shāo chéngle huījìn.
  That fire burned the entire town to ashes.
• 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.