anthracite
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
anthracite; hard coal; smokeless coal
dialectRegional dialect term primarily used in northern China to refer to anthracite coal, which burns with little smoke.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
yìng硬
méi煤
rán燃
shāo烧
shí时
jiān间
cháng长
，
huǒ火
lì力
wàng旺
。
This hard coal burns for a long time and produces strong heat.
Wǒ我
men们
lǎo老
jiā家
bǎ把
wú无
yān烟
méi煤
jiào叫
zuò做
yìng硬
méi煤
。
Back home, we call anthracite 'hard coal'.
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Dōng冬
tiān天
shāo烧
yìng硬
méi煤
qǔ取
nuǎn暖
bǐ比
shāo烧
mù木
chái柴
gān干
jìng净
duō多
le了
。
Burning hard coal for heat in winter is much cleaner than burning firewood.