to burn; to set on fire

to burn oneself to death; to commit suicide by fire; to self-immolate

to be extremely anxious or impatient; literally "heart burning like fire"

to destroy by fire; to burn down

a device used to burn solid organic waste at high temperatures to reduce its volume to ash

to burn incense or joss sticks, often for religious or ceremonial purposes

To burn something until it turns to ash, such as trash, a corpse, or ritual paper offerings; to cremate; to incinerate

literally meaning to burn both jade and stone; used as an idiom to describe the destruction of both the good and the bad, or the noble and the wicked, in a single catastrophe

The burning of Confucian classics and burying alive of scholars, acts committed by the first emperor [[秦始皇|秦始皇|qin2 shi3 huang2]] to suppress dissent; used to describe the destruction of culture and persecution of intellectuals.

to be extremely worried or distressed, as if one's heart were on fire

to play with fire and get burned; to suffer the consequences of one's own evil or risky actions

a warm, dry wind that blows down the side of a mountain, often increasing the risk of forest fires

to set fire to property and rob the contents; to pillage

to waste or destroy beautiful things; to ruin a refined atmosphere or offend against good taste; literally "to burn a zither for firewood and cook a crane for food"

literally "the five viscera are burning like fire"; used to describe being extremely anxious, worried, or grief-stricken

To work or study diligently day and night without stopping. Literally means to burn oil for light to continue when the sun sets.

To cook a crane for food and burn a zither for fuel; used to describe destroying or ruining something fine or elegant, or being a complete spoil-sport.

To cremate a corpse and throw away the ashes; used as a metaphor for extreme hatred or desecrating the dead.

literally to burn both orchids and weeds; to destroy the noble and the common alike or to have the good and the bad suffer the same fate

refuse incinerator; a high-temperature furnace used to dispose of waste by burning

add firewood to put out the flames; an ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse

consumed by passion; burning with lust

to cross a river and burn the boats; to show a determination to fight to the death and leave no way of retreat

(literary) to burn incense and discipline oneself according to the religious rules of Buddhism or Daoism

to set fires and commit robbery

(literary) blazing or burning fiercely; (by extension) a fire disaster or conflagration

disaster or misfortune caused by fire; specifically used to describe catastrophic burning and destruction during war or unrest

to burn a corpse

a furnace or oven used for cremating bodies; crematorium

To be burned or drowned; used literally to describe dying by fire or water.

to destroy one's ink-slab as a sign of giving up writing or literary pursuits

to destroy one's ink-slab as a sign that one will write no more, usually out of shame because others write so much better; to stop writing forever

To burn one's boats after crossing a river to show a firm determination to fight to the death and never retreat; to reach a point of no return.

(literary) good people or scholars who have been harmed, framed, or embroiled in disaster

to burn incense as a sign of respect or to pray to a deity

Literally "burning one's beard while cooking congee," used to describe deep affection between siblings. This refers to a story from the New Book of Tang where Li Ji personally cooked for his sick sister and accidentally burned his beard while doing so.

lit. when the iris burns the orchid sighs; to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress or saddened by the loss of a kindred spirit

The noble and the lowly alike meet their fate; the good and the bad are destroyed together.

One's wealth or talent may lead to ruin, literally meaning "the elephant's tusks lead to its own destruction" because hunters kill it for the ivory.