热火

熱火
rèhuǒ
noun #30,618

Meanings

  1. 1 a roaring fire; intense heat (literary)
  2. 2 (figurative) burning passion; fiery energy
  3. 3 (NBA) the Miami Heat (basketball team, full name 迈阿密热火)

Examples

Wū lǐ shāo zhe yī duī rèhuǒ.
A roaring fire was burning in the room.
Mài'āmì Rèhuǒ duì yòu yíng le yī chǎng.
The Miami Heat won another game.

Tips

culture
Two distinct uses: (1) the literal "roaring fire / burning heat" (Xinhua dictionary: ; 炽热火焰比喻激情); (2) since the late 1990s, the standard Chinese rendering of the Miami Heat NBA team — 迈阿密热火 — where ("heat") plus ("fire") doubles down on the team's name. Most modern hits in subtitle data are about the basketball team.

In Pop Culture

迈阿密热火 Mài'āmì Rèhuǒ
Miami Heat
NBA team founded 1988; three-time champions (2006, 2012, 2013), home arena in Miami, Florida.

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