火箭
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Chinese
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
arrow | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (火箭) | 火 | 箭 | |
| simp. #(火箭) | 火 | 箭 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
火箭
- (historical) fire arrow
- 昭於是以火箭逆射其雲梯，梯然，梯上人皆燒死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
- Zhāo yúshì yǐ huǒjiàn nì shè qí yúntī, tī rán, tī shàng rén jiē shāo sǐ.
- So Zhao shot the scaling ladder back with fire arrows. The ladder was on fire, and everyone on the ladder burned to death.
昭于是以火箭逆射其云梯，梯然，梯上人皆烧死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (figurative) rocket (non-guided missile or vehicle propelled by a rocket engine) (shape resembles arrow)
Derived terms
Proper noun
火箭
- (Malaysia, colloquial) Democratic Action Party (from the rocket party symbol)
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “火箭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- “Entry #1290”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
- Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 ), Brill, →ISBN, page 178