incompletely burnt coal; waste cinder
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1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
coal that has burned but not completely; waste cinder; clinker
technicalA technical term primarily used in mining, industrial, or domestic heating contexts. Refers to coal residues that are inefficient and often discarded.
Guō锅
lú炉
dǐ底
xià下
qīng清
lǐ理
chū出
hěn很
duō多
fá乏
méi煤
。
A lot of waste cinder was cleaned out from under the boiler.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
fá乏
méi煤
rán燃
shāo烧
zhí值
hěn很
dī低
，
bù不
hǎo好
yòng用
。
This kind of incompletely burnt coal has very low calorific value and is not very useful.
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Yǐ以
qián前
qióng穷
rén人
jiā家
huì会
jiǎn捡
fá乏
méi煤
huí回
lái来
zài再
shāo烧
。
In the past, poor families would pick up waste cinder to burn again.