钻木取火 zuān mù qǔ huǒ

to drill wood to make fire

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to drill wood to make fire

Characters

Character Meaning
钻 zuān HSK 6
to drill; to get into; to thread one's way through
木 mù HSK 5
tree; wood; wooden
取 qǔ HSK 4
to take; to get; to choose
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming