自來火

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Chinese

all along; in the first place; spontaneous
all along; in the first place; spontaneous; self-generated
 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
trad. (自來火) 自來
simp. (自来火) 自来

Pronunciation


Noun

自來火

  1. (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.
      先生出去夫人自來火自盡
      先生出去夫人自来火自尽
      After Mr. Wang left, his wife committed suicide by eating a pack of red-tip matches.
  2. (regional) lighter (fire-making device)
  3. (regional) gas lamp; gaslight
  4. (regional) coal gas

Synonyms

  • (match):
  • (lighter):