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惹火 (rě huǒ) — to provoke, to upset, to incite; to arouse sexually

Definition

惹火 means to provoke or anger someone (e.g. 他把我惹火了 — 'he made me angry'); in a sexual context it means to turn someone on. The 把 construction is common.

verb
to provoketo upsetto inciteto arouse sexually

Examples

  • 惹火。
    Zhè zhǒng diàn yǐng róng yì rě huǒ nián qīng rén.
    This kind of movie easily arouses young people sexually.
  • 。
    Tā nà jù huà bǎ wǒ rě huǒ le.
    That remark of his made me angry.
  • 惹火。
    Tā gù yì shuō zhè xiē huà lái rě huǒ bié rén.
    He deliberately said these things to provoke others.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

惹rěprovoke
火huǒfire

惹 means to stir up, and 火 names the anger or heat that results.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

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