汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 燧人氏
燧人氏
Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire
传说中的钻木取火的发明者。远古人民生吃禽兽,他钻木取火,教人熟食。反映了中国原始时代人类从利用自然火进步到人工取火,由生食进步到熟食的情况。
suì rén shì
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他把取火的方法教给人民,人民便尊称他为燧人氏

He taught people the way and was titled Suirenshi honorificly.

祝融是神话传说中的火神,自燧人氏发明取火以后,即由祝融保存火种。

Vulcan is the mythological god of fire, making fire from Suiren invented later, kept the fire from the Vulcan.

后来,被尊为三皇之一的燧人氏就长眠在被称为燧明国的商丘,受到后世的顶礼膜拜。

Subsequently, Suirenshi, one of the 3 Emperors, buried in Shangqiu and worshipped by the later generations.