Word information
Simplified炙手可热
Traditional炙手可熱
Pinyinzhì shǒu kě rè
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Chinese word dictionary
炙手可热
zhì shǒu kě rè · lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach
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可以kěyǐ
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4],臺|台[tai2]
可能kěnéngmight (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
手shǒuhand; (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]
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]