燎 liào

1. liào noun a signal lamp; a torch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 火把 (Guoyu '燎' liào n 1; Unihan '燎')
2. liào verb to roast; to bake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 烘烤 (Guoyu '燎' liào v 1)
3. liào adjective revealed; illuminated
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 显明 (Guoyu '燎' liào n 1; Unihan '燎')
4. liáo noun a blister
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: From a burn; in the sense of 燎浆泡 (Guoyu '燎' liáo n 1)
5. liǎo verb to burn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 焚烧 (Guoyu '燎' liǎo v 1)

Contained in

• 燎原 to start a grass fire
• 燎浆泡(燎漿泡) blister
• 燎泡 to blister by burning
• 心急火燎 to burn with anxiety
• 星星之火，可以燎原 a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
• 烟熏火燎(煙燻火燎) smoke and baking fire; surrounded by flames and smoke
• 火烧火燎(火燒火燎) restless with anxiety; unbearably hot and anxious

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• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 25
• 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 21
• 卷一百三十二 志第八十五 樂七 Volume 132 Treatises 85: Music 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• 卷一百〇四 志第五十七 禮七 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Rites 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
• 卷二十三 志第三: 禮儀三 Volume 23 Treatises 3: Rites 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 11
• 卷7 　志第2　禮儀二 Volume 7 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 9
• 卷七十二　志第二十三: 　祭祀一 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Offerings 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 8
• 卷8 　志第3　禮儀三 Volume 8 Treatises 3: Rites 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 8
• 卷三十二　志第十三:　禮五 上尊諡 Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5 - Conferring of Posthumous Titles History of Jin 金史 — count: 7
• 卷13　志第8　音樂上 Volume 13 Treatises 8: Music 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 7

Collocations

• 柴燎 (柴燎) 柴燎上帝 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen — count: 25
• 庭燎 (庭燎) 庭燎 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧庭燎 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Ting Liao — count: 24
• 燎火 (燎火) 所以省費燎火 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十四上 食貨志 Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 — count: 9
• 燎告天 (燎告天) 燔燎告天 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 8
• 焚燎 (焚燎) 典憲焚燎 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十八 楊李翟應霍爰徐列傳 Volume 48: Biographies of Yang, Li, Di, Ying, Huo, Yuan, Xu — count: 7
• 燔燎 (燔燎) 取膟菺燔燎 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 6
• 燎告 (燎告) 柴燎告類于上帝曰 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三 帝紀第三 世祖武帝 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu — count: 4
• 视燎 (視燎) 視燎成禮而反 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen — count: 4
• 燎毛发 (燎毛髮) 此猶鼓洪爐燎毛髮耳 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十九 竇何列傳 Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He — count: 4
• 薪燎 (薪燎) 以共郊廟及百祀之薪燎 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3