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to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
HSK 1
enthusiastic / ardent / warm
HSK 3
to heat
HSK 5
bustling with noise and excitement / lively
HSK 4
to love ardently / to adore
HSK 3
cordial / enthusiastic / passion / passionate / passionately
HSK 2
hot spot / point of special interest
HSK 6
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
heat / quantity of heat / calorific value
HSK 5
enthusiastic; ardent; zealous
HSK 4
uncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
a hot tourist attraction / a tourist trap
affectionate; intimate; warmhearted / to show affection for / (coll.) to get intimate with sb
HSK 7-9
tropical storm
hot water
HSK 6
to provide warm hospitality
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
water heater
HSK 6
to kiss passionately
tularemia / rabbit fever
hotline (communications link)
HSK 6
burning hot; scorching
HSK 7-9
blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather)
HSK 7-9
buzzword
to sell strongly; to be in great demand
dengue fever
tipsy and merry (idiom)
to produce heat (to warm up a room etc)
Wi-Fi hotspot
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
the tropics / tropical
HSK 7-9
wave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurge
HSK 7-9
to feel strongly about / to be fond of / obsession / deep commitment
HSK 7-9
geothermal electric power station
heating (for a building) / to supply heating
hot thread (in an Internet forum)
fever / pyrexia
thermoelectric power plant
subtropical (zone or climate)
red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate
heat transfer / thermal conduction
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
tepid / to warm up (food etc)
fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate
HSK 7-9
to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax
electrical heating
(Internet) (of a search query) to be trending
(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc)
full of enthusiasm
heat source
level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
zealotry / fanatical / feverish
HSK 7-9
hot tea
to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat
HSK 7-9
thermal conduction
to broadcast (or be broadcast) to an enthusiastic audience; to broadcast (or be broadcast) and get high ratings
high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content
geothermal heat
geothermal electric power station
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned / enthusiasm of the new convert
pyroelectric
to covet / envious
too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat
to join in the fun / to get in on the action / (fig.) to butt in / to create more trouble
to discuss passionately / heated debate
sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot
hemorrhagic fever
radiator (for heating a room) / radiator (for cooling an engine)
steam / heat / CL:
HSK 7-9
hot-selling property
great heat / very popular
pancake
leptospirosis
recurring fever
heat conduction
warm; (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings
hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology)
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)
thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL: 個|个
the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
warm-up match; a friendly
brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan
subtropical (zone or climate)
heat-resistant paint
heat exchanger
frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
fervent
to sell well / hot-selling
dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
to dissipate heat
cultural fever / cultural craze
nuclear heat
specific heat
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
the tropics
warmhearted; willing to help others
brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
thermal reactor

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