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match
diesel fuel
to chop firewood
simple and crude cart
lit. woodcutter's family
plant material used as fuel
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
firewood
kindling
shiba inu
to chop firewood
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This damp match won't light.
Source: Tatoeba #839212 · CC BY 2.0 FRThis heating equipment uses diesel as fuel.
Source: Tatoeba #829651 · CC BY 2.0 FRZamenhof is the creator of Esperanto.
Source: Tatoeba #10192374 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe broke up the chair for firewood.
Source: Tatoeba #885538 · CC BY 2.0 FRTom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.
Source: Tatoeba #5983611 · CC BY 2.0 FRTom was the only one who knew how to start a fire without matches.
Source: Tatoeba #11542269 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.