烈火干柴

Traditional form:

烈火乾柴

Pinyin (reading):

lièhuǒgānchái

Definitions:

• lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
• fig. consuming passion between lovers

Characters:

• 烈 - fiery, violent; ardent, vehement
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 柴 - firewood, faggots, fuel; surname

Traditional characters:

• 烈 - fiery, violent; ardent, vehement
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 柴 - firewood, faggots, fuel; surname