如火燎原
rú​huǒ​liáo​yuán

to spread like wildfire

  • created sense approved 如火燎原 · rú​huǒ​liáo​yuán · to spread like wildfire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如火燎原

    rú​huǒ​liáo​yuán

    to spread like wildfire

    to spread very rapidly across a wide area; used to describe a situation or trend that expands quickly and cannot be stopped

    rú​huǒ​liào​yuán

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire 燎原 (literal) → 燎原 · liáo​yuán · to set the prairie ablaze

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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