干柴烈火 meaning in English
1.(比喻一触即发的形势) (like) a blazing fire and dry wood; (like) a dry faggot on a blazing fire; like bundles of dry firewood -- a single spark will start a big fire
2.(比喻情欲正盛的男女) (man and woman) irresistible to one another; caught in a passion
Examples
- They go crazy right away ,
他们俩如干柴烈火,一点即燃 - It would be like frazier and ali
就象干柴烈火一样 - It would be like frazier and ali
就象干柴烈火一样 - During one south travel , he heard that the daughter of magistrate of suzhou , wang mantang was very beautiful . emperor qianlong was so happy that he summoned her into the xanadu and made love with her day and night
一次南巡，听说苏州知府女儿王满堂甚美，乾隆爷喜不自胜，将她召入行宫，昼夜寻欢，两人干柴烈火，如鱼得水。