自來火
Chinese edit
all along; in the first place; spontaneous all along; in the first place; spontaneous; self-generated |
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
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trad. (自來火) | 自來 | 火 | |
simp. (自来火) | 自来 | 火 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
自來火
- (regional or dated) match (fire-making device)
- 1941, Albert Bourgeois, Grammaire du dialecte de Changhai (overall work in French), Impremerie de T‘ou-sè-wè, page 98:
- 王先生出去之末,伊个夫人吃之一包紅頭自來火自盡。
Waong sié-sang / ts‘éh-k‘i-tse méh, / i-ko fou-gnen / k‘ieh-tse ih-pao hong-deû ze-lai-h‘ou / ze-zin.
Lorsque Monsieur Waong fut sorti, sa femme, ayant absorbé un paquet d’allumettes à tête rouge, s’est suicidée.
- (regional) lighter (fire-making device)
- (regional) gas lamp; gaslight
- (regional) coal gas
Synonyms edit
- (match):
- (lighter):