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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

灰烬 [huījìn]
  1. 1. noun [pl] ashes

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

灰烬 [huījìn]
  1. 1. ashes
    化为灰烬
    be reduced to ashes

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

灰烬 [huījìn]
  1. 1. 物体燃烧后剩下的灰一类的东西
    一场大火,库房内的物品化为灰烬

Examples

灰烬
ashes
他家的谱牒已在一次大火中化为灰烬
The genealogy of his family was reduced to ashes in the fire.
灰烬
After the bomb has exploded , the store was burned to ashes.
炸弹爆炸之后,商店被烧成了灰烬
The house went up in smoke.
房子被烧成了灰烬
to burn sth to ashes
将某物烧为灰烬
Here and there sat well-worn tables and deskes and the remnants of a campfire.
到处都是用旧了的桌子和椅子,还有篝火的灰烬

Collocations

化为灰烬
to be reduced to dust
只剩灰烬
only ashes remain
一堆灰烬
a pile of dust

Word Decomposition


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