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Change log entry 65937
Processed by: richwarm (2018-07-16 06:15:16 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 62437 - submitted by 'sl89' >>
* Wenlin and Pleco have "shooting star; meteor", it's believable but I haven't seen any example where 星火 actually stands for meteor. LAC has "原指流星急速坠落的火光", so the light (or spark) of a meteor. I don't know if it's worth mentioning in the definition.
* MOE says "比喻小事", that's believable but I haven't seen other examples with this meaning.
* MOE says "星名。东方七宿苍龙中之一星。"--this may be true but I haven't seen it anywhere else and don't know what the English name would be, or even if there is one.
* It doesn't really mean urgent, as all examples have a word meaning urgent followed by a comparative particle (急于星火/急如星火 -- both fixed expressions already on CEDICT), it's more like a quantifier in these cases. I'm not sure how to express this in the definition.

【Wenlin】
n. ①spark ②shooting star; meteor ③very urgent matter

【Pleco】
NOUN
1 spark
2 shooting star; meteor
| 急如星火
| extremely pressing; most urgent; posthaste

【MoE】
1. 小火。
| 唐.薛能〈洛下寓怀〉诗:「冰霜谷口晨樵远,星火炉边夜坐寒。」
2. 比喻急迫。
| 《文选.李密.陈情表》:「州司临门,急于星火。」
3. 比喻小事。
| 清.阮大铖《燕子笺.卷上.第一六出》:「(你)鹏飞比势,龙媒争驭,(看)棘闱星火森沈。」
4. 星名。东方七宿苍龙中之一星。
| 《书经.尧典》:「日永星火,以正仲夏。」
| 汉.孔安国.传 :「火,苍龙之中星,举中则七星见。」
| 《文选.陆倕.新刻漏铭》:「以为星火谬中, 金水违用。」

【LAC】
1. 小火。
| ~燎原。
2. 原指流星急速坠落的火光,后比喻急迫。
| 急如~。

【规范】
1 名 火星儿
| 星火飞溅。
2 名 流星瞬间发出的光(多用于比喻)
| 急如星火。

星火可以燎原,此处严禁吸烟。
A single spark can start a prairie fire, where smoking is prohibited.

星火形成履行一个600伏特的电容器成为一个线圈小学。
A spark is formed by discharging a 600 volt capacitor into a coil primary.

星火燃着了干木。
The sparks kindled the dry wood.

骄傲、妒恨和贪婪好比三颗星火,使一切人的心熊熊燃烧。
Pride, Envy, and Avarice are the threes sparks that have set these hearts on fire.
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Editor: thanks
Diff:
# 星火 星火 [xing1 huo3] /spark/extremely urgent/
+ 星火 星火 [xing1 huo3] /spark/meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3])/
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