prairie fire

常見例句

A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
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A single&n bsp;spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
"The Grass-Rooted Culture" has strong life as an old Chinese poetry said "the grass cannot be burned out by a prairie fire but grows again with the spring breeze";
“草根文化”有頑強(qiáng)的生命力，正如中國古詩上所說“野火燒不盡，春風(fēng)吹又生”；
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It is the fear of seeing isolated incidents turn into a prairie fire that guides China's handling of unrest.
ECONOMIST: The angry are getting organised
The central government in Beijing fears that these sparks of dissatisfaction could set off what Mao Zedong called a prairie fire.
ECONOMIST: China
In 1974, together with her fellow Weather Underground terrorist colleagues, she published a book called Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Terror training grounds