炎热 (炎熱)
yán rè
Pinyin

Definition

炎热 (炎熱)
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yán rè
  1. blistering hot
  2. sizzling hot (weather)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

消炎
xiāo yán
  1. 1 to reduce fever
  2. 2 antipyretic
  3. 3 to decrease inflammation
炎亚纶
Yán Yà lún
  1. 1 Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer
炎症
yán zhèng
  1. 1 inflammation
发炎
fā yán
  1. 1 to become inflamed
  2. 2 inflammation
胃炎
wèi yán
  1. 1 gastritis

Idioms (3)

世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
趋炎附势
qū yán fù shì
  1. 1 to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power
  2. 2 social climbing
黄炎贵胄
huáng yán guì zhòu
  1. 1 honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)

Sample Sentences

秋老虎是指秋天偶尔出现的干燥又炎热的天气，热到仿佛是有老虎咬你一样。
qiū lǎohǔ shìzhǐ qiūtiān ǒuěr chūxiàn de gānzào yòu yánrè de tiānqì ，rè dào fǎngfú shì yǒu lǎohǔ yǎo nǐ yīyàng 。
An Autumn tiger refers to the spells of hot dry weather that sometime occur in Autumn. It's so hot that it seems like a tiger has bitten you.
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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