lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
trad. 炙手可熱
Also written 炙手可熱【zhì shǒu kě rè】
Characters in this word
4炙
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to broil, to roast
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 8
手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
可
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(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; however
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 179 of 2500
热
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to warm up, to heat up, hot (of weather), heat, fervent
- Pinyin
- rè
- Traditional
- 熱
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1580 of 2500