Learn 火
fire
Recognize 火, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.
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Mild for Whom?
1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 火
At the hotpot restaurant, Lin ordered a divided pot: clear broth on one side, red broth on the other.
“This one’s mild,” she said, pointing to the red side.
Alex put his canvas bag under his chair. “Good. I’m hungry.”
They added vegetables and waited. Alex lifted a cooked mushroom from the red broth, let it cool, and took a bite.
For a moment, he said nothing.
Lin looked over. “All right?”
He reached for his glass. “Very awake.”
“火锅,” Lin said. “Huǒ guō. Hotpot. 火 means fire.”
Alex glanced at the pot. “That seems fair.”
“The spicy part is 辣. Là.”
She tasted a mushroom from the red side. “Still mild to me.”
He considered that information carefully.
Alex moved his bowl closer to the clear broth. Lin kept hers beside the red.
“Next time,” he said, “we need a scale.”
“One to ten?”
“One to Lin.”
She passed him the plate of greens. They had plenty left to cook.
One way to use 火.
火 means fire. 火锅 means hotpot, the dish; the name does not tell you how spicy it is. 辣 (là) means spicy.
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