Usage of the character 焰
yàn
焰
[焰]
- flame
yàn
焰
[燄]
- variant of 焰 (yàn)
yànhuǒ
焰火
[焰火]
- fireworks
xiōngyàn
凶焰
[凶焰]
- ferocity
- aggressive arrogance
lièyàn
烈焰
[烈焰]
- raging flames
qìyàn
气焰
[氣焰]
- arrogance
- haughtiness
yíngyàn
萤焰
[螢焰]
- light of firefly
- firefly
huǒyàn
火焰
[火焰]
- blaze
- flame
fàngyànkǒu
放焰口
[放焰口]
- to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
huǒyànshān
火焰山
[火焰山]
- Mountain of Flames of legend
- fig. insurmountable obstacle
- Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
xiāozhāngqìyàn
嚣张气焰
[囂張氣焰]
- 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)
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]
- when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
- the more people, the more strength