付之一炬 fùzhīyījù to put to the torch Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 付 fù verb to hand over to hand over to; to entrust; to commit to之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".一炬 yījù a single fire a torch or a single fire, often used to describe total destruction by burning
