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    Expressing "ashes" with 灰烬 (huījìn)

    Description & Modification

    Structure

    Subject + 化为灰烬

    Explanation

    灰烬 (huījìn) means "ashes" or "cinders," referring to the powder-like residue left after something has burned. It is often used in descriptions of fire damage or destruction, and appears in the literary expression 化为灰烬 (to be reduced to ashes).

    Examples

    • 大火过后，整栋房子化为灰烬。

      dà huǒ guòhòu, zhěng dòng fángzi huàwéi huījìn.

      After the fire, the entire building was reduced to ashes.

    • 壁炉里只剩下一堆灰烬。

      bìlú lǐ zhǐ shèngxià yì duī huījìn.

      Only a pile of ashes remained in the fireplace.

    • 他从灰烬中找到了一枚戒指。

      tā cóng huījìn zhōng zhǎodàole yì méi jièzhi.

      He found a ring among the ashes.

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