眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn 滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) syn 热狗 熱狗 rè gǒu hot dog (loanword) 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 洞穴 dòng xué cave / cavern syn 辣椒 là jiāo hot pepper / chili syn 热水 熱水 rè shuǐ hot water syn 热门 熱門 rè mén popular / hot / in vogue syn 怒火 nù huǒ rage / fury / hot anger syn 温泉 溫泉 wēn quán hot spring / spa / onsen syn 鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed / impulsive / reckless syn 山洞 shān dòng cavern / cave syn 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 泡汤 泡湯 pào tāng (coll.) to fizzle out / to come to nothing / to dawdle / to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath syn 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 炎热 炎熱 yán rè blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) syn 洞口 dòng kǒu cave mouth / tunnel entrance 白热化 白熱化 bái rè huà to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax syn 热点 熱點 rè diǎn hot spot / point of special interest syn 热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng 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] syn 滚烫 滾燙 gǔn tàng boiling hot syn 热气球 熱氣球 rè qì qiú hot air balloon 升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost 炙手可热 炙手可熱 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) 炽热 熾熱 chì rè red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate syn 灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in syn 热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea 凹陷 āo xiàn to cave in / hollow / sunken / depressed syn 热乎 熱乎 rè hu warm / hot / affectionate / ardent syn 铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) 地洞 dì dòng tunnel / cave / burrow / dugout syn 闷热 悶熱 mēn rè sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot syn 热乎乎 熱乎乎 rè hū hū warm / (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings syn 辛辣 xīn là spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism) syn 趁热打铁 趁熱打鐵 chèn rè dǎ tiě to strike while the iron is hot syn 保温 保溫 bǎo wēn to keep hot / heat preservation 热饮 熱飲 rè yǐn hot drink 出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr 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 syn 塌方 tā fāng to cave in / to collapse / to have a landslide syn 热风 熱風 rè fēng hot wind / hot air syn 麻辣 má là hot and numbing syn 沉降 chén jiàng to subside / to cave in / subsidence syn 热销 熱銷 rè xiāo to sell well / hot-selling 洞窟 dòng kū a cave syn 红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 酸甜苦辣 suān tián kǔ là sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot / fig. the joys and sorrows of life syn 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn 势如破竹 勢如破竹 shì rú pò zhú like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force syn 热水瓶 熱水瓶 rè shuǐ píng thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì 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 syn 热泪 熱淚 rè lèi hot tears 奋起直追 奮起直追 fèn qǐ zhí zhuī to catch up vigorously / to set off in hot pursuit syn 热土 熱土 rè tǔ homeland / hot piece of real estate syn 抢手货 搶手貨 qiǎng shǒu huò a best-seller / a hot property 热水袋 熱水袋 rè shuǐ dài hot-water bottle 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 热处理 熱處理 rè chǔ lǐ hot treatment (e.g. of metal) 热敷 熱敷 rè fū to apply a hot compress 火烧云 火燒雲 huǒ shāo yún nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash syn 溶洞 róng dòng (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave) 麻辣烫 麻辣燙 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) 炎夏 yán xià hot summer / scorching summer syn 窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL:孔[kong3] syn 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 酸辣汤 酸辣湯 suān là tāng hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup 秋老虎 qiū lǎo hǔ hot spell during autumn / Indian summer 火辣 huǒ là painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy 辣妹 là mèi hot chick / sexy girl / abbr. LM 过热 過熱 guò rè too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat 游资 遊資 yóu zī floating capital / idle fund / hot money 发烫 發燙 fā tàng burning hot 炙热 炙熱 zhì rè extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm) 热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit 猛料 měng liào hot news item / awesome 五味 wǔ wèi the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors 乘势 乘勢 chéng shì to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot syn 热帖 熱帖 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum) 热插拔 熱插拔 rè chā bá hot swapping 石洞 shí dòng cave / cavern 水煮鱼 水煮魚 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil 泡温泉 泡溫泉 pào wēn quán to soak in a spa or hot spring 洞府 dòng fǔ cave dwelling / legendary abode of immortals 红辣椒 紅辣椒 hóng là jiāo hot red pepper / chili 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 榨菜 zhà cài hot pickled mustard tuber 热熔胶 熱熔膠 rè róng jiāo hot-melt adhesive / hot glue 热水澡 熱水澡 rè shuǐ zǎo hot bath or shower 龙洞 龍洞 lóng dòng cave / natural cavern (in limestone) 热裤 熱褲 rè kù hot pants 水帘洞 水簾洞 shuǐ lián dòng cave with a waterfall at its mouth 涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish) 暑热 暑熱 shǔ rè hot (summer) weather syn 热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack 