炙手可热 — Chinese idiom
炙手可热
zhì shǒu kě rè
Traditional: 炙手可熱
Meaning
- lit. burn your hand, feel the heat
- fig. arrogance of the powerful
- a mighty figure no-one dares approach
- hot (exciting or in favor)
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 脍炙人口 kuài zhì rén kǒu
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
- 得心应手 dé xīn yìng shǒu
- 心慈手软 xīn cí shǒu ruǎn
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