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萤火

yíng huǒ

2-character word Traditional 螢火

What 萤火 means

1. light of firefly
2. fairy light

The characters in 萤火

• 萤yíngfirefly; glow-worm
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 是只萤火虫。
  It's a firefly.
• 美国自然历史博物馆的「光之生物」展览展出了发绿色光的水母、额头上提着灯笼的琵琶鱼，以及在洞穴顶棚上悬挂粘液状细丝，用来诱捕猎物的萤火虫。
  The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.

Words starting with 萤火

• 萤火虫yíng huǒ chóngfirefly; glowworm; lightning bug

Sounds the same

Read yíng huǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 营火campfire
• 迎火backfire (firefighting)