Usage of the character 焰
yàn
焰
[焰]
- flame
yàn
焰
[燄]
- variant of 焰 (yàn)
yànhuǒ
焰火
[焰火]
- fireworks
qìyàn
气焰
[氣焰]
- arrogance; haughtiness
xiōngyàn
凶焰
[凶焰]
- ferocity
- aggressive arrogance
lièyàn
烈焰
[烈焰]
- raging flames
yíngyàn
萤焰
[螢焰]
- light of firefly
- firefly
huǒyàn
火焰
[火焰]
- blaze
- flame
huǒyànshān
火焰山
[火焰山]
- Mountain of Flames of legend
- fig. insurmountable obstacle
- Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
fàngyànkǒu
放焰口
[放焰口]
- to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
xiāozhāngqìyàn
嚣张气焰
[囂張氣焰]
- (idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner
kǒutǔdúyàn
口吐毒焰
[口吐毒焰]
- lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
- to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
qìyànxiāozhāng
气焰嚣张
[氣焰囂張]
- see 囂張氣焰／嚣张气焰 (xiāozhāng-qìyàn)
huǒyànpēnshèqì
火焰喷射器
[火焰噴射器]
- flamethrower
zhòngrénshícháihuǒyàngāo
众人拾柴火焰高
[眾人拾柴火焰高]
- lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb)
- fig. the more people, the more strength