烈火干柴 in English lie4 huo3 gan1 chai2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) intense fire to dry wood (idiomatic expression); inferno in a woodpile
  • metaphorically consuming passion between lovers

Simplified Characters

烈 火 干 柴

Traditional Characters

烈 火 乾 柴

Pinyin

lie4 huo3 gan1 chai2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

烈lie4ardent 火huo3surname Huo 干gan4old variant of 乾|干[gan1] 柴chai2surname Chai