烟火

yānhuǒ

HSK 7

烟火 — yānhuǒ

1. smoke and fire; flames and smoke (literal)

   山谷里还能看到旧时烽火和烟火的遗迹。 shāngǔ lǐ hái néng kàndào jiùshí fēnghuǒ hé yānhuǒ de yíjì — You can still see traces of old beacon fires and smoke in the valley.

2. cooked food; daily sustenance; everyday worldly life (often in phrases meaning ordinary domestic life)

   他离开城市去乡下寻找简单的烟火生活。 tā líkāi chéngshì qù xiāngxià xúnzhǎo jiǎndān de yānhuǒ shēnghuó — He left the city for the countryside to seek a simple everyday life.

3. (literary) beacon fire; also figuratively descendants or posterity

   先贤的烟火代代相传，激励后人。 xiānxián de yānhuǒ dàidàixiāngchuán jīlì hòurén — The beacon fires of the sages pass down from generation to generation, inspiring descendants.

烟火 — yānhuo

1. fireworks

   我们去公园放烟火吧，过年气氛会更热闹。 wǒmen qù gōngyuán fàngyānhuǒ ba guònián qìfēn huì gèng rènào — Let's go to the park to set off fireworks; it will make the New Year atmosphere livelier.