粵

炙zek3手sau2可ho2熱jit6

simp炙手可热
zek3 sau2 ho2 jit6zhì shǒu kě rè

English

  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)
  5. (lit.) hot enough to scald one's hands; (fig.) popular; of intense and immediate interest

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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