火种 (huǒ chóng) — (noun) tinder, source of fire; embers kept for lighting new fires; (noun/verb) slash-and-burn agriculture, fire-fallow cultivation
Definición
Literally 'fire seed,' 火种 is the spark or embers kept to start a new fire — also used metaphorically for the originating spark of a movement or idea. The slash-and-burn sense refers to the agricultural practice of using fire to clear fields.
noun
tindersource of fireembers kept for lighting new fires(noun/verb) slash-and-burn agriculturefire-fallow cultivation
Ejemplos
- 火种。Tā yòng gān cǎo bǎo liú le huǒ chóng.He preserved the fire source with dry grass.
- 火种。Zhè běn shū shì gé mìng sī xiǎng de huǒ chóng.This book is the spark of revolutionary thought.
- 火种。Tā men yòng huǒ chóng de fāng fǎ kāi kěn tǔ dì.They used slash-and-burn methods to clear land.
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