zǒu​huǒ

catch fire

走火 zǒu​huǒ
catch fire verb
to start a fire accidentally, often due to a fault in electrical wiring

A short circuit caused the old house to catch fire.

discharge accidentally verb
of a firearm, to go off or be discharged by accident

While he was cleaning the gun, it accidentally went off.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.16 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
1.78 per million

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