导
火
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Fuse (for explosive) in Chinese: 导火索 (dǎo huǒ suǒ)

dǎo huǒ suǒ

fuse (for explosive)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 導火索1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1fuse (for explosive)

Stroke order

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导
火
索

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄉㄠˇ

dǎo

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄨㄛˇ

huǒ

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

ㄙㄨㄛˇ

suǒ

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

导火索

Simplified

導火索

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那次争吵成了两人分手的导火索。

    nà cì zhēng chǎo chéng le liǎng rén fēn shǒu de dǎo huǒ suǒ。

    That quarrel became the trigger for the two of them breaking up.

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Related words

火

huǒ

fire

导游

dǎo yóu

tour guide

导演

dǎo yǎn

to direct

导致

dǎo zhì

to lead to

辅导

fǔ dǎo

to give guidance

火柴

huǒ chái

match (for lighting fire)

领导

lǐng dǎo

lead

指导

zhǐ dǎo

to guide

火车

huǒ chē

train

引导

yǐn dǎo

to guide

着火

zháo huǒ

to catch fire

倡导

chàng dǎo

to advocate

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