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Trad. 燙
- to scald
- to burn (by scalding)
- to blanch (cooking)
- to heat (sth) up in hot water
- to perm
- to iron
- scalding hot
Trad. 火燙
- burning hot
- fiery
- to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
Trad. 燙手山芋
- hot potato
- problem
- trouble
- headache
Trad. 死豬不怕開水燙
- lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying)
- fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences
