炙手可热

炙手可熱
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

手一靠近就觉得很热。比喻地位尊贵，势燄炽盛。

重編國語辭典

地位尊贵，气势炽盛

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 热 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

暵 hàn
  1. dry
  2. hot
热乎 rèhu
  1. warm
  2. hot
  3. affectionate
  4. ardent
热 rè
  1. to warm up
  2. to heat up
  3. hot (of weather)
  4. heat
  5. fervent
热死了！

Damn, it's hot!

Source: Tatoeba

火辣 huǒlà
  1. painful heat
  2. scorching
  3. rude and forthright
  4. provocative
  5. hot
  6. sexy
火 huǒ
  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86
火啊！

Fire!

Source: Tatoeba