烽火四起 — Chinese idiom
烽火四起
fēng huǒ sì qǐ
Meaning
- the fire of war in all four directions ; the confusion of war
Character by character
- 烽fēngbeacon, signal fire
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 四sìfour
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
Idioms sharing a character
- 烽烟四起 fēng yān sì qǐ
- 烽烟遍地 fēng yān biàn dì
- 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
- 如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú
- 后院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ
- 急如星火 jí rú xīng huǒ
- 惹火烧身 rě huǒ shāo shēn
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