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Chinese Character/Word:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 炙 | zhì | - to broil - to roast |
| 手 | 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] |
| 可 | kě | - (prefix) can; may; able to; -able - to approve; to permit - to suit - (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very - but; however |
| 可 | kè | - used in 可汗[ke4 han2] |
| 热 | rè | - 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 |