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炙手可热

炙手可熱
zhì shǒu

Meanings

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

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Wiktionary

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

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Etymology

From a poem by Du Fu

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Stroke order

Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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