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把火

fire

→ 把
phrase Rare #25,663
fire 把 is used as a measure word for fire. The phrase commonly appears in expressions such as 放一把火, meaning “to set a fire.”
CH: 他一怒之下放了一把火。
EN: He set a fire in a fit of anger.

我梦游的时候放了把火我一点都不记得了

I started a fire while sleepwalking, and I don’t remember it at all.

— 月升王国 (2012)

这把火他们可没想到吧

They sure didn't see this fire coming, did they?

— 虎口脱险 (1966)