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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
縱火 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
縱火 ＝ 縱 ＋ 火
ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ · zònghuǒ
verb — to commit arson, set fire deliberately

字源 FORM — what the parts do

縱to let go, release (放縱)zòng
火fire (火災)huǒ
縱火，放縱的縱，火災的火。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手一鬆，把火（火）放（縱）了出去。
The hand lets go, and the fire (火) is loosed (縱).
記憶法
關 · Related
放火fànghuǒthe plain word for the same act