to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
焚化焚化fen2 hua4
to cremate
焚毁焚毀fen2 hui3
to burn down; to destroy with fire
焚毁焚燬fen2 hui3
to burn down; to destroy with fire; trad. also written 焚毀
焚琴煮鹤焚琴煮鶴fen2 qin2 zhu3 he4
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things
焚烧焚燒fen2 shao1
to burn; to set on fire
焚尸焚屍fen2 shi1
to cremate
焚尸炉焚屍爐fen2 shi1 lu2
crematorium; crematory oven
焚书焚書fen2 shu1
to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
焚书坑儒焚書坑儒fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2
to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
焚香焚香fen2 xiang1
to burn incense
焚香敬神焚香敬神fen2 xiang1 jing4 shen2
to burn incense in prayer to a God
焚砚焚硯fen2 yan4
to destroy one's ink-slab; to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
救焚益薪救焚益薪jiu4 fen2 yi4 xin1
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse; to add fuel to the fire
兰艾同焚蘭艾同焚lan2 ai4 tong2 fen2
lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common; the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
玩火自焚玩火自焚wan2 huo3 zi4 fen2
to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences; to get one's fingers burnt
欲火焚身慾火焚身yu4 huo3 fen2 shen1
burning with desire
玉石俱焚玉石俱焚yu4 shi2 ju4 fen2
to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
芝焚蕙叹芝焚蕙嘆zhi1 fen2 hui4 tan4
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
芝焚蕙叹芝焚蕙歎zhi1 fen2 hui4 tan4
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress