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to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
HSK 1
cordial / enthusiastic / passion / passionate / passionately
HSK 2
enthusiastic / ardent / warm
HSK 3
to love ardently / to adore
HSK 3
bustling with noise and excitement / lively
HSK 4
enthusiastic; ardent; zealous
HSK 4
heat / quantity of heat / calorific value
HSK 5
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
to heat
HSK 5
hot water
HSK 6
water heater
HSK 6
hotline (communications link)
HSK 6
hot spot / point of special interest
HSK 6
affectionate; intimate; warmhearted / to show affection for / (coll.) to get intimate with sb
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
wave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurge
HSK 7-9
steam / heat / CL:
HSK 7-9
blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather)
HSK 7-9
to feel strongly about / to be fond of / obsession / deep commitment
HSK 7-9
hot air balloon
HSK 7-9
to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are
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
burning hot; scorching
HSK 7-9
the tropics / tropical
HSK 7-9
zealotry / fanatical / feverish
HSK 7-9
mulled wine
heated / sunstroke
hot-selling property
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)
popular show (on TV or other media)
to produce heat (to warm up a room etc)
hot tears
Genoa
(biogeography) the Afrotropical realm
geothermal electric power station
hot-melt adhesive; hot glue
Rio de Janeiro
a craze / a popular wave / a hit with the public
hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology)
thermal paper
pyroelectric
buzzword
to sell well / hot-selling
heat engine
heat conduction
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
(coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity / to exploit (sb's) popularity to attract attention to oneself
to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc)
tipsy and merry (idiom)
thermal reactor
heat pump
to covet / envious
psittacosis / ornithosis / parrot fever
calorific value
level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
hot dog (loanword)
immersion heater / electric heater for liquid
to heat up by itself; (attributive) self-heating (esp. of meal kits heated with a water-activated pack)
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
fever / pyrexia
electrical heating
thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL: 個|个
to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love
heat energy
goods in great demand
zeal / enthusiasm / ardor / enthusiastic / warmhearted
dengue fever / Singapore hemorrhagic fever
intimate / friendly / warm / active / lively (interaction, participation etc)
tropical rain forest
(metallurgy) hot-rolled; hot-rolling
heat wave
to preheat / (fig.) to warm up; to prepare for
to apply a hot compress
hot drink
tropical fish
to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
hot (summer) weather
(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc)
to join in the fun / to get in on the action / (fig.) to butt in / to create more trouble
to warm up (sports) / (fig.) to prepare / to get in condition
sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot
to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
fervent
frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
subtropical (zone or climate)
Rehe, Qing dynasty province abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia / refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde / see also 避暑山莊|避暑山庄 (history)
warm / hot / affectionate / ardent
deep water and scorching fire / abyss of suffering (idiom)
extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm)
warm; (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings
to strike while the iron is hot
Brzezinski (name) / Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), Polish-American academic and politician, US National Security Adviser 1977-1981
eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom) / extremely moved
piping hot
now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
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