星火燎原星星之火，可以燎原xīng huǒ liáo yuána little spark can cause a conflagration; a single spark can start a prairie fire; little chips light great fires
❍ 中国是全国都布满了干柴，很快就会燃成烈火。“～”的话，正是时局发展的适当的描写。(《毛泽东选集》98) All China is littered with dry faggots which will soon be aflame. The saying，“A single spark can start a prairie fire”，is an apt description of how the current situation will develop.
❍ 红旗招展，～，秋收起义和南昌起义的两支革命武装，会师在井冈山。(《东方红》朗诵词19) Red flags are flying. A single spark is setting the prairie afire. The revolutionary armed forces of the Nanchang and Autumn Harvest Up risings meet on the Jinggang Mountains! |