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熱乎乎

简热乎乎 · 繁熱乎乎

Mandarin · pinyin rè hū hū

warm; (of food) piping hot
(fig.) roused to warm feelings

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熱: rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
乎: hū · interrogative or exclamatory final particle
热: rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal

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4–1–1 · re4 hu1 hu1

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jit6 fu1 fu1

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adj

(colloquial, of temperature) warm; hot
(colloquial, figurative) warm at heart

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