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火辣辣

huǒlàlà
adjective HSK 7-9 #21,428

Meanings

  1. 1 scorching hot
  2. 2 burning; stinging (of pain)
  3. 3 intense; heated (of emotions)
  4. 4 fiery; sharp-tongued (of personality)

Examples

HSK 7-9
太阳火辣辣地照着大地。
Tàiyáng huǒlàlà de zhào zhe dàdì.
The sun beat down scorchingly on the earth.
HSK 7-9
被打了一巴掌，脸上火辣辣的。
Bèi dǎ le yī bāzhǎng, liǎnshàng huǒlàlà de.
After being slapped, his face stung with a burning pain.

Tips

grammar
The ABB pattern (火辣辣) is a common adjective intensifier in Chinese. It's more vivid and colloquial than 火辣, and often used with 地 as an adverb: 火辣辣地.

Stroke Order

火 huǒ
辣 là