烫手山芋 Traditional form: 燙手山芋 Pinyin (reading): tàngshǒushānyù Definitions: hot potato problem trouble headache Characters: 烫 - to scald; to iron clothes or hair 手 - hand 山 - mountain, hill, peak 芋 - taro Traditional characters: 燙 - to scald; to iron clothes or hair 手 - hand 山 - mountain, hill, peak 芋 - taro