爐火純青

See also: 炉火纯青

Chinese

		stove	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	pure; simple; unmixed pure; simple; unmixed; genuine	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (爐火純青)		爐	火	純	青
simp. (炉火纯青)		炉	火	纯	青
Literally: “the stove fire is pure blue”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúhuǒchúnqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ fo² seon⁴ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúhuǒchúnqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúhuǒchúncing
    • Wade–Giles: lu²-huo³-chʻun²-chʻing¹
    • Yale: lú-hwǒ-chwún-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhuoochwenching
    • Palladius: лухочуньцин (luxočunʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ fo² seon⁴ cing¹
    • Yale: lòuh fó sèuhn chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ fo² soen⁴ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ fo² sên⁴ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ fɔː³⁵ sɵn²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

爐火純青

1. to have reached high perfection or complete mastery