- 引火烧身 yǐnhuǒshāoshēn to invite troubleto bring disaster upon oneself; to ask for trouble
- 火烧眉毛 huǒshāoméimao desperate situationthe fire is burning one's eyebrows; used to describe an extremely urgent or desperate situation that requires immediate action
- 火烧火燎 huǒshāohuǒliǎo unbearably hotextremely hot or painful, as if being burned by fire
- 火烧云 huǒshāoyún resplendent cloudsfiery-looking clouds seen at sunrise or sunset
- 惹火烧身 rěhuǒshāoshēn to bring trouble on oneself(idiom) to court disaster; to suffer because of one's own meddling; literally "to stir up a fire and get burned"
- 火烧岛 huǒshāodǎo Green Islandformer name of Green Island, located off the southeast coast of Taiwan
- 野火烧不尽,春风吹又生 yěhuǒshāobùjìnchūnfēngchuīyòushēng resilient and hard to eliminateLiterally translated as "a prairie fire cannot burn the grass away, it grows again when the spring breeze blows"; used to describe things or people that are resilient and cannot be easily eliminated.
- 火烧心 huǒshāoxīn extremely anxiousfeeling intense anxiety or worry; literally described as "fire burning the heart"
- 卤煮火烧 lǔzhǔhuǒshāo luzhu huoshaotraditional Beijing street food consisting of wheat cakes, tofu, and pork offal stewed together in a spiced broth