炙手可熱 [－－－热]

Jyutping zik3 sau2 ho2 jit6
Pinyin zhì shǒu kě rè

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

炙手可熱 [－－－热]

Jyutping zek3 sau2 ho2 jit6
Pinyin zhì shǒu kě rè

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom)
  2. fig. arrogance of the powerful
  3. a mighty figure no-one dares approach
  4. hot (exciting or in favor)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    字面​解做​辣到​淥​親對手​；​意指​深受​歡迎​同​追捧
    (lit.) hot enough to scald one's hands; (fig.) popular; of intense and immediate interest
    • 工商管理碩士經已成為近年炙手可熱嘅課程。
      工商管理硕士经已成为近年炙手可热嘅课程。
      gung1 soeng1 gun2 lei5 sek6 si6 ging1 ji5 sing4 wai4 gan6 nin4 zek3 sau2 ho2 jit6 ge3 fo3 cing4.
      MBA has become a hot and popular course recently.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach
  2. phrase, idiomatic, neologism
    popular; hot; selling like hotcakes
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    工商管理硕士经已成为近年炙手可热嘅课程。
    工商管理碩士經已成為近年炙手可熱嘅課程。
    gung1 soeng1 gun2 lei5 sek6 si6 ging1 ji5 sing4 wai4 gan6 nin4 zek3 sau2 ho2 jit6 ge3 fo3 cing4.
    • MBA has become a hot and popular course recently.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    炙手可热势绝伦，慎莫近前丞相嗔。
    炙手可熱勢絕倫，慎莫近前丞相嗔。
    zhì shǒu kě rè shì jué lún ， shèn mò jìn qián chéng xiàng chēn ．
    • Heat that can burn the hands, power beyond all measure―
      Take care not to come close before the Minister's angry glare!