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 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 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 温泉 溫泉 wēn quán hot spring / spa / onsen syn 鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed / impulsive / reckless 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 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 炎热 炎熱 yán rè blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) syn 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 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea 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) 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 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 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 热风 熱風 rè fēng hot wind / hot air syn 麻辣 má là hot and numbing syn 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 热销 熱銷 rè xiāo to sell well / hot-selling 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 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 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 热处理 熱處理 rè chǔ lǐ hot treatment (e.g. of metal) 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 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 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 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 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 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 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 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 红辣椒 紅辣椒 hóng là jiāo hot red pepper / chili 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 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 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 热裤 熱褲 rè kù hot pants 涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish) 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 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 三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August syn 中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn 火 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn 热 熱 rè to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent syn 辣 là hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn syn 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 辛 xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn 