炽 (chì) — (bound form) blazing, fiercely hot

Definition

A literary bound form meaning 'blazing, fiercely hot' — used only as the first character in compounds like 炽热 and 炽烈, not alone.

bound form

(bound form) blazingfiercely hot

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Xià tiān de tài yáng chì rè dé ràng rén shòu bù liǎo.
The summer sun is so blazing hot it's unbearable.
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Zhè chǎng dà huǒ shāo dé chì liè wú bǐ.
This fire burned with incomparable fierceness.
炽。
Tā xīn zhōng chì shèng de ài yì cóng wèi xiāo tuì.
The blazing love in his heart has never faded.