Definition
火种 has two distinct meanings: (1) a source of fire, like tinder or embers kept alive for lighting new fires — used both literally and metaphorically (e.g., 革命火种 'seeds of revolution'); (2) the agricultural practice of slash-and-burn cultivation (火耕火种). Note that the pinyin given here 'huǒ chóng' is non-standard; the correct pronunciations are huǒ zhǒng (for 'tinder') and huǒ zhòng (for 'burn and plant').
noun
tindersource of fireembers kept for lighting new fires
n./v.
(noun/verb) slash-and-burn agriculturefire-fallow cultivation
Examples
- 火种。Tā yòng gān cǎo bǎoliú le huǒ chóng.He preserved the fire source with dry grass.
- 火种。Zhè běn shū shì gémìng sīxiǎng de huǒ chóng.This book is the spark of revolutionary thought.
- 火种。Tāmen yòng huǒ chóng de fāngfǎ kāikěn tǔdì.They used slash-and-burn methods to clear land.
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