自焚

zìfén

verb #16,129

Meanings

1 to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate

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Examples

HSK 5

历史上有许多自焚事件。

Lìshǐ shàng yǒu xǔduō zìfén shìjiàn.

There have been many self-immolation incidents in history.

HSK 7-9

那个僧人以自焚的方式表达抗议。

Nàge sēngrén yǐ zìfén de fāngshì biǎodá kàngyì.

The monk expressed his protest by self-immolation.

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history

The idiom 玩火自焚 (wánhuǒ zìfén, 'play with fire and burn yourself') uses 自焚 metaphorically to mean bringing destruction upon oneself.

Stroke Order

自 zì

焚 fén