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"cold and uncaring" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
漠然置之 mò rán zhì zhī to set to one side and ignore (idiom) / quite indifferent / cold and uncaring syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn
突然完全停用 tū rán wán quán tíng yòng cold turkey / cold turkey cure / cold turkey treatment
打小算盘 打小算盤 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter syn
哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
枕冷衾寒 zhěn lěng qīn hán cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom) / fig. cold and solitary existence
冷森森 lěng sēn sēn chilling cold / cold and threatening
感冒 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 syn
寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold syn
寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) syn
冷血 lěng xuè cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal)
冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
风寒 風寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine)
冷轧 冷軋 lěng zhá (metallurgy) cold-rolled / cold-rolling
冷遇 lěng yù a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb syn
天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn
冷血动物 冷血動物 lěng xuè dòng wù cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person syn
冷菜 lěng cài cold dish / cold food
受寒 shòu hán affected by cold / to catch cold syn
冷盘 冷盤 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats syn
坐冷板凳 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 syn
冷餐 lěng cān cold meal / cold food
凛 凜 lǐn cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic syn
冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season
五劳七伤 五勞七傷 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)
八纲 八綱 bā gāng (TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty syn
晒 曬 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 syn
饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心 飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心 bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
冷漠 lěng mò cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect syn
冷清 lěng qīng cold and cheerless / desolate / deserted syn
阴冷 陰冷 yīn lěng gloomy and cold syn
凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold / pleasantly cool syn
凄凄 qī qī cold and dismal
瑟缩 瑟縮 sè suō to curl up shivering (from cold) / timid and trembling (in fear) / to shrink / to cower syn
高寒 gāo hán high and cold (mountain area) syn
出尔反尔 出爾反爾 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 syn
闷骚 悶騷 mēn sāo (coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
朝三暮四 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 syn
冷寂 lěng jì cold and desolate / lonely syn
冽 liè cold and raw
无情无义 無情無義 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) / cold and ruthless syn
冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid syn
不经一番风霜苦，难得腊梅吐清香 不經一番風霜苦，難得臘梅吐清香 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?
冷冷清清 lěng lěng qīng qīng deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation syn
冷清清 lěng qīng qīng deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation syn
冷漠对待 冷漠對待 lěng mò duì dài cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect
冷涩 冷澀 lěng sè cold and sluggish / chilly
凄寒 qī hán cold and desolate
劲峭 勁峭 jìng qiào (of wind) strong and bitterly cold
啼饥号寒 啼饑號寒 tí jī háo hán hunger cries and cold roars (idiom) / wretched poverty syn
丧梆 喪梆 sàng bāng cold and offensive (talk or manner)
破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn
荒寒 huāng hán desolate and cold / frozen wastes
夫妻肺片 fū qī fèi piàn popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
低和冷排放源问题工作队 Task Force on Low and Cold Emission Sources
麻嗖嗖 má sōu sōu to feel cold and numb
受冻挨饿 受凍挨餓 shòu dòng ái è to go cold and hungry
高冷 gāo lěng reserved / aloof / (geography) (of a location) elevated and cold
乍暖还寒 乍暖還寒 zhà nuǎn - huán hán (idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
挨饿受冻 挨餓受凍 ái è - shòu dòng (idiom) to go cold and hungry
蛋炒饭 蛋炒飯 dàn chǎo fàn egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn
冷汗 lěng hàn cold sweat
制冷 zhì lěng to produce cold air (to cool a room etc) syn
冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold syn
寒风 寒風 hán fēng cold wind syn
冷淡 lěng dàn cold / indifferent syn
冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn
冷落 lěng luò desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder syn
冷气 冷氣 lěng qì cold air / air conditioning syn
冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat syn
毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold syn
寒冬 hán dōng cold winter syn
严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter syn
凉风 涼風 liáng fēng cold wind / cool breeze syn
漠然 mò rán indifferent / apathetic / cold syn
刺骨 cì gǔ piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) syn
冷饮 冷飲 lěng yǐn cold drink
不寒而栗 不寒而慄 bù hán ér lì lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) / fig. to tremble with fear / to be terrified syn
凛冽 凜冽 lǐn liè biting cold syn
天冷 tiān lěng it's cold (weather)
冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
发冷 發冷 fā lěng to feel a chill (as an emotional response) / to feel cold (as a clinical symptom)
着凉 著涼 zháo liáng to catch cold / Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2] syn
耐寒 nài hán coldproof / resistant to cold
御寒 禦寒 yù hán to defend against the cold / to keep warm
凉拌 涼拌 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])
冻僵 凍殭 dòng jiāng frozen stiff / numb with cold syn
小寒 xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January
伤风 傷風 shāng fēng to catch cold syn
杀人不眨眼 殺人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded syn
生冷 shēng lěng (of food) raw or cold syn
泼冷水 潑冷水 pō lěng shuǐ to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm syn
受凉 受涼 shòu liáng to catch cold syn
祛风 祛風 qū fēng to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM)
波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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