火坑

huǒkēng
noun #21,157

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pit of fire
  2. 2 living hell
  3. 3 a terrible situation

Examples

HSK 6
Bié bǎ háizi tuī rù huǒkēng.
Don't push the child into the fire pit.
HSK 7-9
Tā zhōngyú cóng nà duàn hūnyīn de huǒkēng lǐ táo le chūlái.
She finally escaped from the living hell of that marriage.

Tips

usage
火坑 is primarily figurative - it refers to an unbearable situation or a terrible trap one has been pushed into, similar to 'a living hell'. Literal use (an actual pit of fire) is rare in modern Chinese.

Stroke Order

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