火爆 (huǒ bào) — (of a person) fiery, hot-tempered; (of a business, event, etc.) extremely popular, booming, sizzling
Definition
火爆 covers both 'fiery/hot-tempered' (a person) and 'booming/extremely popular' (a business, event). For the popular sense, 红火 is more typical of steady, ongoing prosperity; 火爆 highlights sudden, explosive popularity.
adjective
(of a person) fieryhot-tempered(of a business, event, etc.) extremely popularboomingsizzling
Examples
- 火爆，。Tā pí qi huǒ bào, dòng bu dòng jiù fā huǒ.He has a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest thing.
- 火爆，。Nà jiā cān tīng shēng yì fēi cháng huǒ bào, měi tiān pái duì de rén hěn duō.That restaurant's business is booming; a lot of people queue up every day.
- ，火爆。Zhè ge yǎn chàng huì de mén piào gāng kāi shòu jiù bèi yì qiǎng ér kōng, shí zài tài huǒ bào le.The tickets for this concert were snapped up as soon as they went on sale—it's simply too popular.
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