| 烫手山芋 |
tàng shǒu shān yù |
hot potato / problem / trouble / headache |
| 烫 |
tàng |
to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot |
| 手 |
shǒu |
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:双,只 |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 山芋 |
shān yù |
sweet potato |
| 芋 |
yù |
taro / Colocasia antiquorum / Colocasia esculenta |