hoả
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- Fire: A chemical process of combustion that produces heat, light, and often flames.
- Yang: In traditional Eastern medicine and philosophy, the active, masculine, positive, and hot principle in the universe, complementary to "âm" (yin).
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Lửa là biểu tượng của hoả. (Fire is a symbol of hoả.)
- Cần cẩn thận để tránh hoả hoạn. (One must be careful to avoid a fire disaster.)
- Theo Đông y, cơ thể cần cân bằng giữa âm và hoả. (According to Eastern medicine, the body needs a balance between yin and yang.)
Advanced Usage
- "Hoả" in Fixed Compounds: Often appears in compound nouns where it specifies a relation to fire or the yang principle.
- Tâm hoả: "Heart fire"; in medicine, can refer to excessive internal heat or agitation.
- Thận hoả: "Kidney fire" or "kidney yang"; the vital warmth and energy originating from the kidneys.
Variants and Related Words
- Hoả hoạn (n): Conflagration, fire disaster.
- Hoả lò (n): Furnace fire; kiln fire.
- Hoả xa (n): (Archaic) Train (literally "fire vehicle").
- Hoả tốc (adj): Express, urgent (literally "fire speed").
- Hỏa (n): This is the modern, standardized spelling of the same word, using the letter "h" instead of "ho." The meaning is identical.
Synonyms
- Lửa (n): Fire (the common, physical term for flames).
- Dương (n): Yang (the general philosophical term, of which is a specific manifestation or type).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Gánh như gánh hoả: To carry a burden as if carrying fire; to be in an extremely urgent or dangerous situation.
- Gió tạt nào, hoả tạt ấy: Literally "Which way the wind blows, the fire follows"; used to describe someone who is easily influenced or changes opinions to suit the prevailing trend.
- Fire
- Phòng hoảFire prevention
- Đội cứu hoảA fire-brigade
- Yang, male and positive principle (in Eartern medicine)
- Thuốc trợ hoảA medicine to strengthen the yang (of someone)