烧火 shāo huǒ — to light a fire

烧火
shāo huǒ

Characters: 烧 · 火

Definitions

  1. to light a fire

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. to light a fire for cooking

zdic(汉典)

  1. 使燃料燃烧。
  2. 从事炊事工作。
  3. 狩猎时燃起的野火。
  4. 指乱伦行为（特指公媳间不正当关系）。

ExtDict

  1. 使燃料燃烧
  2. 指担负做饭﹑做菜等炊事工作。

Examples

  • 乡下的灶台仍要烧火做饭，烟火气十足。

    In the countryside, meals are still cooked over a stove fire, full of the smell of smoke.

  • 他负责在厨房烧火，让大师傅专心炒菜。

    He tended the fire in the kitchen so the head chef could focus on stir-frying.

  • 乡下孩子七八岁就会帮着烧火做饭。

    Country children learn to tend the fire and cook by the age of seven or eight.