火坑

huǒkēng

noun #21,157

Measure Word

一个火坑 gè

Meanings

1 pit of fire
2 living hell
3 a terrible situation

Characters

pit / hole / trap

Examples

她终于从那段婚姻的火坑里逃了出来。

Tā zhōngyú cóng nàduàn hūnyīn de huǒkēng lǐ táo le chūlái.

She finally escaped from the living hell of that marriage.

别把孩子推入火坑。

Bié bǎ háizi tuī rù huǒkēng.

Don't push the child into the fire pit.

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

火 huǒ

坑 kēng