(là) - hot (spicy), pungent in Mandarin
làTraditional: 辣
Translation
hot (spicy), pungent
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Examples
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This dish is too spicy.
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Can you eat spicy food?
川。
Sichuan food is numbing and hot.
辣 (là) is the heat of chilli, not temperature. Hot weather or hot water is 热 (rè), so do not mix the two up.
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