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- Mountain of Flames of legend
- fig. insurmountable obstacle
- Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
- to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
Trad. 氣焰囂張
- see 囂張氣焰|嚣张气焰[xiao1 zhang1 qi4 yan4]
- lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
- to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
Trad. 囂張氣焰
- (idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner
Trad. 眾人拾柴火焰高
- lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb)
- fig. the more people, the more strength
