| 付之一炬 |
fù zhī yī jù |
to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately |
| 付 |
Fù |
surname Fu |
| 付 |
fù |
to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 之一 |
zhī yī |
one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 炬 |
jù |
torch |