created sense approved 石火 · shíhuǒ · sparks from flint — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
石火
shíhuǒ
sparks from flint
(literary) sparks produced by striking stones together
石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 石火 · shíhuǒ · fleeting existence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
石火
shíhuǒ
fleeting existence
used metaphorically to describe things that are transient or the shortness of human life
石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition