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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yùhuǒfénshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwhuuofenrshen
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fən³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ fo² fan⁴ san¹
  - Yale: yuhk fó fàhn sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ fo² fan⁴ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ fo² fen⁴ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² fɔː³⁵ fɐn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

慾火焚身

(colloquial) burning with desire; sexually excited

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