放火 fànghuǒ
fànghuǒ
verb
to set on fire; to commit arson; to create a disturbance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '放火')
Contained in
- 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯(只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈) only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not
- 杀人放火(殺人放火) to kill and burn; murder and arson
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第一百十八回 Chapter 118 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
- 第八十四回 Chapter 84 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
- 第九十八回 Chapter 98 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
- 第八十回 Chapter 80 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 第二十七回 Chapter 27 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 4
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 4
- 第十五回 Chapter 15 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 3
- 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 3
Collocations
- 放火烧 (放火燒) 而放火燒宮殿官府居人悉盡 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 41
- 风放火 (風放火) 因風放火 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong — count: 13
- 放火杀人 (放火殺人) 放火殺人外並放 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷四十八 唐書24: 末帝本紀下 Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 — count: 5
- 中放火 (中放火) 惟康審澄夜中放火斬關 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷一百〇三 漢書5: 隱帝本紀下 Volume 103 Book of Later Jin 5: Emperor Yin Annals 3 — count: 5
- 城放火 (城放火) 群賊繞城放火 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十九 列傳第五十九 忠義 Volume 89 Biographies 59: Loyalty and Righteousness — count: 4
- 去放火 (去放火) 分頭去放火殺人 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百六回 Chapter 106 — count: 3
- 城中放火 (城中放火) 是城中放火為號 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六十六回 Chapter 66 — count: 3
- 便放火 (便放火) 去橋數里便放火船 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷71 裴叔業 夏侯道遷 李元護 席法友 王世弼 江悦之 淳于誕 李苗 Volume 71: Pei Shuye, Xiahou Daoqian, Li Yuanhu, Xi Fayou, Wang Shibi, Jiang Yuezhi, Chun Yudan, Li Miao — count: 3
- 兵放火 (兵放火) 琳兵放火燧以擲船者 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三二 補列傳第二四 陸法和 王琳 Volume 32 Biographies 24: Lu Fahe; Wang Lin (general) — count: 3
- 放火劫 (放火劫) 放火劫舍 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷三十四 唐書10: 莊宗本紀八 Volume 34 Book of Later Tang 10: Zhuangzong Annals 8 — count: 3