Read Edit View history 灭火 mièhuǒ to put out a fire Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 灭火 滅火 miè//huǒ to put out a fire verb + noun To extinguish a fire; firefighting. 这就像试图用汽油灭火。 zhè jiù xiàng shìtú yòng qìyóu miè huǒ. This is like trying to put a fire out with gasoline. to stop an engine To cut out or stall an engine; same as 熄火 xīhuǒ. to clear up a misunderstanding To resolve doubts or misunderstandings; to perform damage control by calming a controversy or dispute. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 3.31 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 5.91 per million Cross-References Antonym 点火 diǎnhuǒ升火 shēnghuǒSame as 熄火 xīhuǒ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
灭火 滅火 miè//huǒ to put out a fire verb + noun To extinguish a fire; firefighting. 这就像试图用汽油灭火。 zhè jiù xiàng shìtú yòng qìyóu miè huǒ. This is like trying to put a fire out with gasoline. to stop an engine To cut out or stall an engine; same as 熄火 xīhuǒ. to clear up a misunderstanding To resolve doubts or misunderstandings; to perform damage control by calming a controversy or dispute. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 3.31 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 5.91 per million Cross-References Antonym 点火 diǎnhuǒ升火 shēnghuǒSame as 熄火 xīhuǒ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)