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燧人 (seoi6 jan4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

燧人 (seoi6 jan4, Suì rén) — Suiren, legendary inventor of fire

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 燧 (seoi6) — fire; speculum; to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc…
• 燧人氏 (seoi6 jan4 si6) — Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire
• 燧石 (seoi6 sek6) — flint
• 垂手可得 (seoi4 sau2 ho2 dak1) — easily to get it; very easy to acquire, with no effort at all
• 歲晚 (seoi3 maan5) — end of or last few weeks of the lunar year
• 水上人 (seoi2 soeng6 jan4) — (noun) a term of fishermen; people live in a boat

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