"Cold" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gǎn mào to catch cold / (common) cold / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand
 lěng dàn cold / indifferent
 lěng cold
 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold
 mò rán indifferent / apathetic / cold
 liào qiào spring chill in the air / cold
 hán cold / poor / to tremble
 liáng cool / cold
 lǐn cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic
 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
 jìng (literary) cold / cool / chilly
 cāng cold
 liǎo clear / intelligible / severe / cold
 lín cold / frigid
 lěng mò cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect
 lěng hàn cold sweat
 zhì lěng to produce cold air (to cool a room etc)
 hán fēng cold wind
 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
 lěng luò desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder
 lěng qīng cold and cheerless / desolate / deserted
 lěng qì cold air / air conditioning
 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air)
 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat
 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
 hán dōng cold winter
 yīn lěng gloomy and cold
 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter
 liáng fēng cold wind / cool breeze
 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
 lěng yǐn cold drink
 bù hán ér lì lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) / fig. to tremble with fear / to be terrified
 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream
 lǐn liè biting cold
 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine)
 tiān lěng it's cold (weather)
 liáng kuai nice and cold / pleasantly cool
 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
 fā lěng to feel a chill (as an emotional response) / to feel cold (as a clinical symptom)
 zháo liáng to catch cold / Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2]
 nài hán coldproof / resistant to cold
 yù hán to defend against the cold / to keep warm
 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4])
 qī qī cold and dismal
 lěng yù a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb
 dòng jiāng frozen stiff / numb with cold
 gāo hán high and cold (mountain area)
 Xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 6th-19th January
 shāng fēng to catch cold
 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty
 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent
 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold
 shēng lěng (of food) raw or cold
 pō lěng shuǐ to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
 shòu liáng to catch cold
 Bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
 mēn sāo (coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
 kǔ hán bitter cold
 Dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 20th January-3rd February
 hán cháo cold wave / CL:股[gu3]
 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
 lěng jì cold and desolate / lonely
 Hán lù Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 8th-22nd October
 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival
 lěng fū to apply a cold compress
 liáng miàn cold noodles
 lěng cài cold dish / cold food
 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia
 shòu hán affected by cold / to catch cold
 lěng qǐ dòng to cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc)
 bì hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday
 lěng fēng cold front (meteorology)
 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats
 lěng liàn cold chain
 wèi hán stomach cold (TCM)
齿 chún wáng chǐ hán lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom) / fig. intimately interdependent
 xuě huā gāo vanishing cream / cold cream (makeup)
 zuò lěng bǎn dèng to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels
 lěng cān cold meal / cold food
 chuī lěng fēng to blow cold / damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words
 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile
 dòng to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly
 qī intense cold / frigid / dismal / grim / bleak / sad / mournful
 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
 liè cold and raw
 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it
 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid
 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) / cold and ruthless
 mò rán zhì zhī to set to one side and ignore (idiom) / quite indifferent / cold and uncaring
 zhěn lěng qīn hán cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom) / fig. cold and solitary existence
 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
 niē yī bǎ hàn to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season
 dòng ròu cold or frozen meat
 lěng lěng qīng qīng deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation
 líng jīng (literary) icy cold / (literary) to shiver / to tremble
 lěng dàn guān xì cold relations (e.g. between countries)
 nóng cold in the head catarrh of the nose
 bù jīng yī fān fēng shuāng kǔ , nán dé là méi tǔ qīng xiāng Without once passing through the winter's cold and wind, where would the sweet spring fragrance come from?
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