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热度

rè dù

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 熱度

热度 (rè dù) means "level of heat; (fig.) zeal; fervor". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 热度 means

1. level of heat
2. (fig.) zeal
3. fervor
4. colloquiala temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)

The characters in 热度

• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure

Example sentences

• 我的朋友总是三分钟热度，一年就换了三份工作。
  Wǒ de péngyou zǒngshì sānfēnzhōngrèdù, yī nián jiù huàn le sān fèn gōngzuò.
  My friend has had three jobs in a year; he never sticks to anything for long.

Words containing 热度

• 蹭热度cèng rè dù(colloquial) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity…
• 三分钟热度sān fēn zhōng rè dùbrief period of enthusiasm; flash in the pan

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