干柴烈火 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 乾柴烈火 gāncháilièhuǒ ㄍㄢ ㄔㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ explosive mutual passion blaze of passion (esp. between lovers) idiom Character by character 干(gān)dry 柴(chái)surname Chai 烈(liè)ardent 火(huǒ)surname Huo A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0