fēnghuǒ

literary
noun

Meaning of

烽 means beacon fires; smoke and fire signals used to warn of danger; war; flames of war. Pronounced fēng huǒ.

  • beacon fires; smoke and fire signals used to warn of danger
  • war; flames of war

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Definitions & Examples

dài
de
fēng
huǒ
tái
dào
le
hěn
hǎo
de
jǐng
zuò
yòng
 

Ancient beacon towers played a very good role in early warning.

Kàn
dào
fēng
huǒ
shēng
 
jiù
shuō
míng
yǒu
jūn
jìn
fàn
 

Seeing the beacon fire rise indicated that enemy troops were invading.

Fēng
suì
shì
dài
chuán
jūn
qíng
de
zhòng
yào
shè
shī
 

Beacon towers were important facilities for transmitting military information in ancient times.

jiān
huǒ
 
bái
tiān
fán
yān
 
zhè
jiù
shì
fēng
huǒ
de
yuán
 

Lighting fire at night and burning smoke during the day; this is the principle of beacon fires.

Zhè
dài
shān
tóu
shàng
hái
bǎo
liú
zhe
lǎo
de
fēng
huǒ
tái
 

Traces of ancient beacon towers are still preserved on the hills here.