火水

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Chinese

fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
water; river
trad. (火水)
simp. #(火水)
anagram 水火

Pronunciation


Noun

火水

  1. (Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Leizhou Min) kerosene

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
みず
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Of () (hi, fire) + (みず) (mizu, water). Attested from the 13th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(みず) (himizuひみづ (fimidu)?

  1. fire and water
    Synonym: 水火 (suika)
  2. bitterness, suffering; an agony akin to burning and drowning
  3. a violent force; a force similar to conflagration or flood
  4. mutually incompatible people or things; an extremely bad relationship; (people or things) as incompatible as fire and water
    Synonym: 犬猿 (ken'en, literally dog and monkey)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
すい
Grade: 1

Of () (ka, fire) + (すい) (sui, water). Attested from the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(すい) (kasuiくわすい (kwasui)?

  1. fire and water
    Synonym: 水火 (suika)
  2. extreme difficulty, a dire situation, a heart-breaking situation
  3. (something) contrary to convention, tradition, or personal nature; against the usual order of things

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 火水”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006