chì

red

scarlet; bare; naked

earth (土) + fire (火) = red, scorched, bare

Earth scorched by fire turns red — the color of burnt soil and exposed flame. This pairing also extends to nakedness, the idea of being stripped bare, as raw as the earth itself.

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EarthSemantic
FireSemantic

着脚走在沙滩上。

tā chì zhe jiǎo zǒu zài shā tān shàng。

he walked barefoot on the beach.

夕阳把天空染成了红色。

xī yáng bǎ tiān kōng rǎn chéng le chì hóng sè。

the setting sun dyed the sky a scarlet red.

Words with 赤

达鲁花赤

dá lǔ huā chì

Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times

金无足赤

jīn wú zú chì

not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect

黄赤色

huáng chì sè

golden colored

努尔哈赤

nǔ ěr hā chì

Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)

反赤道流

fǎn chì dào liú

equatorial counter current

天球赤道

tiān qiú chì dào

celestial equator

天行赤眼

tiān xíng chì yǎn

acute contagious conjunctivitis (TCM)

小赤壁

xiǎo chì bì

Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭[Bi4 tan2], Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan

急赤白脸

jí chì bái liǎn

to worry oneself sick

打赤脚

dǎ chì jiǎo

to bare the feet

打赤膊

dǎ chì bó

to bare one's chest

普通赤杨

pǔ tōng chì yáng

alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)

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