掀起…热
to set off a craze for …; a … boom sweeps …
Structure
某事／某地 掀起（了） 一股／一阵 名词 + 热
What it means
“To set off a craze for …”: noun + 热 names a craze (考公热, 出国热, 汉语热), and 掀起 lifts it like wind lifting a wave.
How it is built
Starter／place + 掀起（了） + 一股／一阵 + noun + 热: 全国掀起了一股全民健身热 (a craze for exercise swept the country).
When to use it
News and written style; in speech say 现在特别流行…. The subject is what starts it (这部电视剧) or the place it sweeps (全国, 年轻人中间). A craze can 升温 or 降温; 热潮 works the same way.
Watch out
When the place is the subject, no 在 is needed at the start: 年轻人中间掀起了一股考公热. Use the measure words 股 or 阵 with it.
Examples
近年来，中国年轻人中间掀起了一股“考公热”。
In recent years a craze for the civil-service exam has swept through China’s young people.
这部电视剧播出以后，在全国掀起了一阵西安旅游热。
Once it was shown, the series set off a wave of tourism to Xi’an across the country.
北京奥运会以后，全国掀起了一股全民健身热。
After the Beijing Olympics a craze for exercise swept the whole country.
Learn this in Lesson 63 · HSK 6: 考公热 (The rush for government jobs)
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