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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冷* | 冷* | *冷
cold
HSK 1
calm; cool-headed; dispassionate / (of a place) deserted; quiet
HSK 4
cold (climate) / frigid / very cold
HSK 4
cold air / air conditioning
HSK 6
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
to sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
HSK 7-9
cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect
HSK 7-9
freezer room
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
HSK 7-9
now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
harsh words / sarcasm / bitter remarks
(idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
to produce cold air (to cool a room etc)
to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing
HSK 7-9
to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
HSK 7-9
refrigerant
coolant
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冷* | 冷* | *冷
surname Leng
stern; unsympathetic; icy
to cool (lit. and fig.)
refrigerated truck or wagon
ice-cold
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
to apply a cold compress
freezer
cold front (meteorology)
deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation
cooler / ice chest / reefer container
cold / indifferent
HSK 7-9
trivia
cold chain
cold drink
cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person
to pour cold water / fig. to discourage
cold-hearted; unfeeling; callous
HSK 7-9
unfeeling; callous
HSK 7-9
chilly
to feel a chill (as an emotional response) / to feel cold (as a clinical symptom)
(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor
non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment
to cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc)
air conditioner
cold winter
coldly
to blow cold / damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words
the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
an upset (esp. in sports) / unexpected turn of events / to pull off a coup / a breakthrough
HSK 7-9
cooling water (in a reactor)
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
to air-cool
cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
stage wait / (fig.) awkward silence
sniper's shot
cold weather / cold season
grave and stern
cold brew coffee
(mechanics) cold treatment / to downplay; to handle in a low-key way
it's cold (weather)
desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder
HSK 7-9
corny joke
cold dish / cold food
cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal)
cooling tower
cold and desolate / lonely
(metallurgy) cold-rolled; cold-rolling
frigidity (lack of libido)
gloomy and cold
(of a woman) beautiful but aloof
to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom) / to be very considerate
(US-Soviet) Cold War
(coll.) shiver / shudder
Lengshuijiang, a county-level city in Loudi City 婁底市|娄底市, Hunan
refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product
cold and sluggish / chilly
to cold brew
to shiver / to shudder
ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
chilling cold / cold and threatening
as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner / frigid
cool eye / fig. detached / (treating) with indifference
chiller
Lengshuitan, a district of Yongzhou City 永州市, Hunan
malaria
cooling-off period (divorces, purchases, surgeries)
grim / stern / harsh
naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
reserved / aloof / (geography) (of a location) elevated and cold
(of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool
a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb
Florence, Italy (from Firenze)
to be exposed to cold temperatures / (fig.) (of a market, industry, relationship etc) to be in the doldrums; to suffer a downturn
cooling / air conditioning
temperature (esp. of medical patient)
to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
cold meal / cold food
sarcastic comments (idiom) / to make sarcastic comments
lit. daily changes of temperature / fig. well-being / sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc

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