烫手的山芋 tàngshǒudeshānyù hot potato Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 烫手 燙手 tàngshǒu thorny difficult to handle or manage; thorny; knotty的 de particle [possessive/attributive] Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes; also used to indicate a possessive relationship.山芋 shānyù sweet potato sweet potato; local name used in certain regions for the 甘薯 gānshǔ