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炙手可热 (zhì shǒu kě rè): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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炙手可热 (zhì shǒu kě rè): Extremely powerful and influential — Meaning & Stroke Order

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炙手可热 consists of 4 characters.

roast, broil; toast; cauterize

can, may; to approve, to permit

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Pinyinzhì shǒu kě rè

Meaningextremely powerful and influential

Characters4

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Word炙手可热

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 炙手可热.

Words with 炙

炙烤zhìkǎo
炙热zhìrè
脍炙人口kuàizhìrénkǒu

Words with 手

手机shǒu jīHSK 2
手表shǒu biǎoHSK 2
洗手间xǐ shǒu jiānHSK 3
歌手gē shǒuHSK 4
二手èr shǒuHSK 5
分手fēn shǒuHSK 5
对手duì shǒuHSK 5
手套shǒu tàoHSK 5

Words with 可

可以kě yǐHSK 2
可能kě néngHSK 2
可爱kě àiHSK 3
可怜kě liánHSK 4
可惜kě xīHSK 4
可是kě shìHSK 4
可怕kě pàHSK 5
可见

Words with 热

热情rè qíngHSK 3
热闹rè naoHSK 4
加热jiā rèHSK 5
热心rè xīnHSK 5
热烈rè lièHSK 5
热爱rè àiHSK 5
热量rè liàngHSK 5
亲热

kě jiàn

HSK 5

qīn rè

HSK 6

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Example Sentences with 炙手可热

Zhè这

wèi位

zhì炙

shǒu手

kě可

rè热

de的

zhèng政

kè客

zài在

xuǎn选

jǔ举

zhōng中

huò获

dé得

le了

yā压

dǎo倒

xìng性

de的

zhī支

chí持

。

This extremely powerful and influential politician won overwhelming support in the election.