炙手可熱
simp炙手可热zek3 sau2 ho2 jit6zhì shǒu kě rè
English
- 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)
- (lit.) hot enough to scald one's hands; (fig.) popular; of intense and immediate interest
粵語 — Cantonese
- 字面解做辣到淥親對手;意指深受歡迎同追捧
Examples
工商管理碩士經已成為近年炙手可熱嘅課程。
MBA has become a hot and popular course recently.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk