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to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
HSK 1
cordial / enthusiastic / passion / passionate / passionately
HSK 2
to love ardently / to adore
HSK 3
enthusiastic / ardent / warm
HSK 3
enthusiastic; ardent; zealous
HSK 4
bustling with noise and excitement / lively
HSK 4
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
heat / quantity of heat / calorific value
HSK 5
to heat
HSK 5
hot spot / point of special interest
HSK 6
hotline (communications link)
HSK 6
hot water
HSK 6
water heater
HSK 6
the tropics / tropical
HSK 7-9
zealotry / fanatical / feverish
HSK 7-9
steam / heat / CL:
HSK 7-9
to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat
HSK 7-9
fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate
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
to feel strongly about / to be fond of / obsession / deep commitment
HSK 7-9
blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather)
HSK 7-9
burning hot; scorching
HSK 7-9
affectionate; intimate; warmhearted / to show affection for / (coll.) to get intimate with sb
HSK 7-9
hot air balloon
HSK 7-9
to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are
HSK 7-9
wave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurge
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.)
to insulate thermally / (physics) adiabatic
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uighur Congress
(dialect) bustling; lively
to warm up (sports) / (fig.) to prepare / to get in condition
Genoa
to be overcome by the heat
geothermal electric power station
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
pyroelectric
thermal cleavage (i.e. sth splits when heated)
(Internet) popular search query
heat engine
to sell well / hot-selling
devotion / fervor
to transmit heat
heat energy
intimate / friendly / warm / active / lively (interaction, participation etc)
to broadcast (or be broadcast) to an enthusiastic audience; to broadcast (or be broadcast) and get high ratings
thermodynamics
to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
hot dog (loanword)
heat absorption
canine distemper (mammalian disease caused by Canine morbillivirus)
(metallurgy) hot-rolled; hot-rolling
the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology)
popular comment; trending comment
level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
electrical heating
homeland / hot piece of real estate
to apply a hot compress
heatstroke
to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc)
heating (for a building) / to supply heating
heat source
to sell strongly; to be in great demand
zeal / enthusiasm / ardor / enthusiastic / warmhearted
too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat
heat-sensitive / thermal (printing)
Rift Valley fever (RVF)
heat resistant / fireproof
electric blanket
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
residual heat; surplus heat; waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work
hot drink
leptospirosis
paracetamol (loanword)
deep water and scorching fire / abyss of suffering (idiom)
hot tears
latent heat
to trend / to get popular quickly / sudden heat wave (weather)
calorific value
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life
to kiss passionately
frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
tepid / to warm up (food etc)
a fever
craze for learning English
low-grade fever (37.3–38°C)
fervent
now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
scarlet fever
hot pants
brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
to reduce a fever
red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate
to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love
to strike while the iron is hot
geothermal heat
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)
piping hot
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot

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