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  *火* | 火* | *火
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
hot spot / point of special interest
HSK 6
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  *辣* | 辣* | *辣
hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn
HSK 4
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
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  *湯* | 湯* | *湯
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
HSK 3
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  *熱* | 熱* | *熱
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
HSK 1
uncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
hot water
HSK 6
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  *篩* | 篩* | *篩
(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
HSK 7-9
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
HSK 7-9
to soak in a spa or hot spring
to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost
HSK 7-9
the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August
scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning / (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense / (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
HSK 7-9
hot spring
HSK 7-9
(retail) hot item
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
(fig.) (coll.) sensitivity to hot food or drink; person who has such a sensitivity
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent
hot pepper / chili
HSK 7-9
hot air balloon
HSK 7-9
as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
hot / medium level of spiciness
blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather)
HSK 7-9
steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
HSK 7-9
boiling hot
burning hot; scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational; attention-grabbing / emotionally intense
(med) retractile testicle / infatuation inducing / pee inducing (of alcohol) / (neologism) to be sexually attracted / to have the hots for sb
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  *燙* | 燙* | *燙
to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot
HSK 7-9
burning hot
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  *暑* | 暑* | *暑
heat / hot weather / summer heat
hot-melt adhesive; hot glue
to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
piping hot
to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
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)
burning hot; scorching
HSK 7-9
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
to apply a hot compress
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish)
hot tears
hot thread (in an Internet forum)
hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc)
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
a best-seller / a hot property
to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
hot tea
painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
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  *塘* | 塘* | *塘
dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool
to catch up vigorously / to set off in hot pursuit
red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
hot swapping
hot-selling property
fatty beef slices (esp. for hot pot)
to strike while the iron is hot
drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched)
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
(Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot
hot red pepper / chili
nothing serious / just hot air
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
rage / fury / hot anger
sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot
hot (summer) day
hot (summer) weather
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
floating capital / idle fund / hot money
homeland / hot piece of real estate
red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
hot-water bottle
hot summer / scorching summer
warm / hot / affectionate / ardent
lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned / enthusiasm of the new convert
hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace) / hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
electric stove / hot plate
forge / fig. extremely hot environment
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology)
hot pants
hot and numbing
HSK 7-9
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
radioactive hot spot
restless with anxiety / to feel unbearably painful or hot
(Tw) (slang) popular; hot (from Taiwanese , Tai-lo pr. [hang])
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
hot flush

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