燒炭
Chinese
to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever |
charcoal | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (燒炭) | 燒 | 炭 | |
| simp. (烧炭) | 烧 | 炭 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
燒炭
- (literal) to make charcoal by heating plant materials; to perform charcoal-burning
- 賣炭翁，伐薪燒炭南山中。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. early 8th century, Bai Juyi (白居易). The Charcoal-Seller (《賣炭翁》), translated by Arthur Waley.
- Màitànwēng, fáxīn shāotàn Nánshān zhōng. [Pinyin]
- An old charcoal-seller
Cutting wood and burning charcoal in the forest of the Southern Mountain.
卖炭翁，伐薪烧炭南山中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- to commit suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from burning charcoal
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