粵

烽fung1火fo2

fung1 fo2fēng huǒ

English

  1. fire beacon (to give alarm)
  2. beacon, the warning fire during war in old days ----
  3. figuratively, war

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 點著一個好大嘅火,向遠處發出訊號;一種古時嘅軍事警報
  2. 比喻戰爭

Examples

  • 烽火四起

    wars are everywhere

  • 烽火連天

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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