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发烧

fā shāo

HSK 4 · word 2404 of 3,000

Meaning

• to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
• (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over
• (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular

Example sentence

Characters in 发烧

• 发 fā to send out
• 烧 shāo to burn; to set on fire

发 to emit plus 烧 to burn. Running a fever is giving off heat, with 发 doing the same work in 发现 and 发生.

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