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走火

zǒu huǒ

2-character word

What 走火 means

1. to go off accidentally
2. to catch fire

The characters in 走火

• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 枪走火了。
  The pistol misfired.

Words starting with 走火

• 走火入魔zǒu huǒ rù móto be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on…

Words containing 走火

• 擦枪走火cā qiāng zǒu huǒto shoot accidentally while polishing a gun; (fig.) a minor incident that sparks a war