炙手可熱

炙手可热
zhìshǒukěrè
  1. lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom)
  2. fig. arrogance of the powerful
  3. a mighty figure no-one dares approach
  4. hot (exciting or in favor)

CEDICT

  1. (neologism) popular; hot; selling like hotcakes
  2. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach
  3. popular; hot; selling like hotcakes

Wiktionary

手一靠近就覺得很熱。比喻地位尊貴，勢燄熾盛。

重編國語辭典

地位尊貴，氣勢熾盛

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 炙 zhì
  1. to broil
  2. to roast
2 手 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻
3 可 kě
  1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
  2. to approve; to permit
  3. to suit
  4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
  5. but; however
4 熱 rè
  1. to warm up
  2. to heat up
  3. hot (of weather)
  4. heat
  5. fervent

Related entries

中辣 zhōnglà
  1. hot
  2. medium level of spiciness
暍 hè hot
火炎焱燚 huǒyányànyì hot (i.e. popular) (emphatic form of 火 huǒ) (neologism c. 2016)
烔 tóng
  1. hot
  2. heated
辣 là
  1. hot (spicy)
  2. pungent
  3. (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
  4. to burn
辣点儿没关系。

I don't mind if it's hot.

I don't mind if it's hot and spicy.

Source: Tatoeba

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