燙手山芋
tàng​shǒu​shān​yù

hot potato

  • created reference approved 烫手山芋/燙手山芋 → 个/個 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烫手山芋 / 燙手山芋 tàng​shǒu​shān​yù

    个 / 個 gè

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 烫手山芋/燙手山芋 · tàng​shǒu​shān​yù · hot potato — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烫手山芋 / 燙手山芋

    tàng​shǒu​shān​yù

    hot potato

    a troublesome or difficult situation that is hard to handle and which no one wants to be responsible for

    烫手 (literal) → 烫手/燙手 · tàng​shǒu · thorny 山芋 (literal) → 山芋 · shān​yù · sweet potato

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense