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Trad. 燒炭
- to manufacture charcoal
- to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
- coal
- charcoal
- (of skin) darkly pigmented
- charcoal (color)
- bituminous coal (mining)
- Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[Shi2 zui3 shan1 shi4], Ningxia
Trad. 石炭紀
- Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
Trad. 賣炭翁
- The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
Trad. 艾葉炭
- carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM)
- Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
Trad. 炭疽桿菌
- anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)
- lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
- fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
Trad. 蒼生塗炭
- the common people in a miserable state
Trad. 石炭井區
- Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[Shi2 zui3 shan1 shi4], Ningxia
Trad. 生靈塗炭
- people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
- as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals
Trad. 冰炭不言，冷熱自明
- ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words