闷热
mēn rè
Pinyin

Definition

闷热
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mēn rè
  1. sultry
  2. sultriness
  3. hot and stuffy
  4. stifling hot

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

闷
mēn
  1. 1 stuffy
  2. 2 shut indoors
  3. 3 to smother
  4. 4 to cover tightly
热
rè
  1. 1 to warm up
  2. 2 to heat up
  3. 3 hot (of weather)
  4. 4 heat
  5. 5 fervent
热情
rè qíng
  1. 1 cordial
  2. 2 enthusiastic
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 passionate
  5. 5 passionately
热爱
rè ài
  1. 1 to love ardently
  2. 2 to adore
热水
rè shuǐ
  1. 1 hot water
热卖
rè mài
  1. 1 to sell strongly
  2. 2 to be in great demand
热销
rè xiāo
  1. 1 to sell well
  2. 2 hot-selling
热闹
rè nao
  1. 1 bustling with noise and excitement
  2. 2 lively
郁闷
yù mèn
  1. 1 gloomy
  2. 2 depressed
加热
jiā rè
  1. 1 to heat
忽冷忽热
hū lěng hū rè
  1. 1 now hot, now cold
  2. 2 (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
闷骚
mēn sāo
  1. 1 (coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
散热
sàn rè
  1. 1 to dissipate heat
沉闷
chén mèn
  1. 1 oppressive (of weather)
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 depressed
  4. 4 not happy
  5. 5 (of sound) dull
  6. 6 muffled
清热
qīng rè
  1. 1 to alleviate fever (medicine)
  2. 2 to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
凑热闹
còu rè nao
  1. 1 to join in the fun
  2. 2 to get in on the action
  3. 3 (fig.) to butt in
  4. 4 to create more trouble
温热
wēn rè
  1. 1 tepid
  2. 2 to warm up (food etc)
火热
huǒ rè
  1. 1 fiery
  2. 2 burning
  3. 3 fervent
  4. 4 ardent
  5. 5 passionate
炎热
yán rè
  1. 1 blistering hot
  2. 2 sizzling hot (weather)
烦闷
fán mèn
  1. 1 moody
  2. 2 gloomy

Idioms (18)

冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冷嘲热讽
lěng cháo rè fěng
  1. 1 frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
心急吃不了热豆腐
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu
  1. 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
  2. 2 one just has to be patient
  3. 3 haste will ruin everything
闷声发大财
mēn shēng fā dà cái
  1. 1 to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
打得火热
dǎ de huǒ rè
  1. 1 to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)
  2. 2 billing and cooing
散心解闷
sàn xīn jiě mèn
  1. 1 to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)
水深火热
shuǐ shēn huǒ rè
  1. 1 deep water and scorching fire
  2. 2 abyss of suffering (idiom)
消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
  1. 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  2. 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
  3. 3 to relieve stress
  4. 4 a relaxing pass-time
炙手可热
zhì shǒu kě rè
  1. 1 lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. arrogance of the powerful
  3. 3 a mighty figure no-one dares approach
  4. 4 hot (exciting or in favor)
热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
热泪盈眶
rè lèi yíng kuàng
  1. 1 eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom)
  2. 2 extremely moved
热火朝天
rè huǒ cháo tiān
  1. 1 in full swing (idiom)
  2. 2 (in a) frenzy
  3. 3 buzzing with activity
热脸贴冷屁股
rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu
  1. 1 to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
  2. 2 to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
热血沸腾
rè xuè fèi téng
  1. 1 to be fired up (idiom)
  2. 2 to have one's blood racing
生炒热卖
shēng chǎo rè mài
  1. 1 to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
知冷知热
zhī lěng zhī rè
  1. 1 to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom)
  2. 2 to be very considerate
老婆孩子热炕头
lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou
  1. 1 wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
  2. 2 the simple and good life
酒酣耳热
jiǔ hān ěr rè
  1. 1 tipsy and merry (idiom)

Sample Sentences

肝火的问题就严重了。不光是生理上的，还和情绪有关。容易激动的人往往肝火大。肝火一大，人就容易口干舌燥、口臭、头痛、头晕、眼干、睡眠不稳定、身体闷热......
gānhuǒ de wèntí jiù yánzhòng le 。bùguāng shì shēnglǐ shàng de ，hái hé qíngxù yǒuguān 。róngyì jīdòng de rén wǎngwǎng gānhuǒ dà 。gānhuǒ yī dà ，rén jiù róngyì kǒugānshézào 、kǒuchòu 、tóutòng 、tóuyūn 、yǎn gān 、shuìmián bù wěndìng 、shēntǐ mēnrè ......
Fire in the liver is really serious. This is not just a physical problem, it is also related to your state of mind. It's easy for excitable people to get fire in the liver. As soon as the fire in your liver gets too hot, it's easy for you to get dry mouth, bad breath, headache and dizziness, dry eyes, disturbed sleep, and mugginess in the body.
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对对对，就是那种闷热。
duì duì duì ，jiùshì nà zhǒng mēnrè 。
Yeah, yeah. Just like that kind of muggy feeling.
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