“炙手可热”意思是手一挨近就觉得热,比喻气焰很盛,权势很大(“炙”是烤的意思)。大约出自唐代大诗人杜甫的《丽人行》:“炙手可热势绝伦,慎莫近前丞相嗔!”这两句就是写丞相杨国忠的权势极大,气焰嚣张的。千百年来,“炙手可热”一直是作为贬义词使用的,但近几年很多人却把它作为褒义词来使用,滋生出了一些新的意义和用法。 “Pin-hot” means that when a hand is approached, it feels hot, metaphor is very rich, powerful (“Sunburn” is the meaning of roasted). About from the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's “beauty line”: “hottest peerless, very close to the prime minister before!” These two is to write the prime minister Yang Guozhong powerful, arrogant arrogance. For thousands of years, “hot” has always been used as a derogatory term, but in recent years many people use it as a commendatory, breed some new meaning and usage.