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Definition(s) for: 炙手可热

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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
- hot (exciting or in favor)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 20,190 25,911 32,501

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhì- to broil
- to roast
shǒu- hand
- (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]
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- to warm up
- to heat up
- hot (of weather)
- heat
- fervent

Other Words Containing 炙手可热

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
炙手可热 - - 20,190 25,911 32,501