"Scorched" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 烧焦 | shāo jiāo | to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred |  |
| 焦 |  jiāo | burnt / scorched / charred / worried / anxious / coke / joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3]) |  |
| 蔋 | dí | dry / scorched | |
| 焦土 | jiāo tǔ | scorched earth | |
| 坚壁清野 | jiān bì qīng yě | to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom) / to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy | |
| 空室清野 | kōng shì qīng yě | empty room, clean field (idiom) / clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy | |
