shāo tàn

Traditional: 燒炭

烧炭 (shāo tàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to manufacture charcoal
  2. 2to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)

Characters in 烧炭

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