Word information
Simplified烽烟四起
Traditional烽煙四起
Pinyinfēng yān sì qǐ
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Chinese word dictionary
烽烟四起
fēng yān sì qǐ · lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
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起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
四sìfour; 4
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起yìqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group