灭火 (miè huǒ) — to put out a fire; to stop an engine, to cut out (a vehicle's engine)

Definition

A verb meaning 'put out a fire' literally, also used for shutting down a vehicle's engine. Built from 灭 (extinguish) + 火 (fire).

verb
to put out a fireto stop an engineto cut out (a vehicle's engine)

Examples

  • 灭火
    Xiāo fáng yuán zhèng zài miè huǒ.
    The firefighters are putting out the fire.
  • Tā men miè le yí cì huǒ.
    They put out a fire once.
  • 灭火
    Sī jī bǎ fā dòng jī miè huǒ le.
    The driver cut out the engine.
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