大火 (dà huǒ) — conflagration; big fire

Definition

Examples

• 一场大火烧毁了整片森林。
  Yì chǎng dà huǒ shāo huǐ le zhěng piàn sēn lín.
  A big fire burned down the entire forest.
• 消防队员用了两天才扑灭大火。
  Xiāo fáng duì yuán yòng le liǎng tiān cái pū miè dà huǒ.
  It took firefighters two days to put out the conflagration.
• 历史上那场大火让整个城市变成废墟。
  Lì shǐ shàng nà chǎng dà huǒ ràng zhěng gè chéng shì biàn chéng fèi xū.
  That big fire in history turned the whole city into ruins.

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