烧毁 (shāo huǐ) — to burn down, to destroy by fire
Definition
烧毁 emphasizes the result — something is destroyed by fire (a building, documents). Unlike 焚烧 (deliberate setting of fire) or 销毁 (destroy by melting/burning, often documents), it focuses on the damage done.
verb
to burn downto destroy by fire
Examples
- 烧毁。Yì chǎng dà huǒ bǎ zhěng gè cūn zi shāo huǐ le.A big fire burned down the whole village.
- 烧毁。Zhè xiē wén jiàn bì xū quán bù shāo huǐ.These documents must all be destroyed by fire.
- 烧毁。Tā shāo huǐ le suǒ yǒu jiù de rì jì běn.He burned up all the old diaries.
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