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纵火

zòng huǒ

2-character word Traditional 縱火

What 纵火 means

1. to set on fire
2. to commit arson

The characters in 纵火

• 纵zòngvertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. zōng); from front to back; longitudinal…
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 昨晚的火灾被断定为由纵火引起的。
  The fire that broke out last night was judged to be caused by arson.
• 今日在德国，反暴力集会着落到了德国的很多城市，包括周一在汉堡附近一场纵火袭击中3名突厥人被杀害的地方。
  Jīnrì zài Déguó, fǎn bàolì jíhuì zhuóluò dào le Déguó de hěn duō chéngshì, bāokuò Zhōuyī zài hànbǎo fùjìn yī chǎng zònghuǒ xíjī zhōng 3 míng Tūjué rén bèi shāhài de dìfang.
  In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.
• 我在黑暗的巷子中绊倒，膝盖砸在柏油路上。一块木板盖着巷弄的房屋之间的电线。深夜的巷弄非常之暗。我的眼镜从眼睛上掉了下来。幸好有一位带着手电筒的广东工人帮忙。我的膝盖只是擦破了皮。我想起另一次膝盖摔伤是在菲律宾奎松市的唐荷西高地。那里有一大片火星般的红土地，遍地长满了「塔拉希布」草。有时工人会故意纵火烧草。我和哥哥当时还在外面玩。那时我们还未到青春期。在燃烧的野草旁，我摔倒了，膝盖着地。我的贝贝姥姥愤怒不已。家里的女佣在车库后面的大磁砖水槽里帮我清洗了双腿。
  I tripped in the alleyway in the darkness, as I crashed my knees on the asphalt. There was a wooden board that covered a wire between houses across the alleyway. It was very dark there at night. My eyeglasses fell off my face. Luckily, a Cantonese labourer with a flashlight helped me. My knees just got scraped. I remember another time when I crashed on my knees. It was at Don José Heights in Quezon City in the Philippines. There was a vastness of Martianesque red soil, wherein the "talahib" grass grew. Sometimes, workers intentionally set the grass on fire. My brother and I were still playing, even then, outside. We were still prepubescent. Near burning grass, I stumbled on my knees. My grandmother, Lola Bebe, was so angry. A maid washed my legs in the big tiled sink behind the garage.

Words starting with 纵火

• 纵火犯zòng huǒ fànarsonist