慾火焚身

Chinese

		fire of desire; lust	burn	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (慾火焚身/欲火焚身)		慾火/欲火	焚	身
simp. (欲火焚身)		欲火	焚	身
Literally: “lust burning the body”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùhuǒfénshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ fo² fan⁴ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùhuǒfénshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùhuǒfénshen
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-huo³-fên²-shên¹
    • Yale: yù-hwǒ-fén-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhhuoofernshen
    • Palladius: юйхофэньшэнь (jujxofɛnʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ fo² fan⁴ san¹
    • Yale: yuhk fó fàhn sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ fo² fan⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ fo² fen⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² fɔː³⁵ fɐn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

慾火焚身

1. (colloquial) burning with desire; sexually excited