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 冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold syn 冷漠 lěng mò cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 冷淡 lěng dàn cold / indifferent syn 凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold / pleasantly cool syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 冻僵 凍殭 dòng jiāng frozen stiff / numb with cold syn 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 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 着凉 著涼 zháo liáng to catch cold / Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2] syn 冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold syn 冷落 lěng luò desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder syn 冷清 lěng qīng cold and cheerless / desolate / deserted syn 冷饮 冷飲 lěng yǐn cold drink 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 刺骨 cì gǔ piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) syn 冷汗 lěng hàn cold sweat 寒冬 hán dōng cold winter syn 冷气 冷氣 lěng qì cold air / air conditioning syn 冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup) 泼冷水 潑冷水 pō lěng shuǐ to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm syn 寒风 寒風 hán fēng cold wind syn 阴冷 陰冷 yīn lěng gloomy and cold syn 严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter 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 发冷 發冷 fā lěng to feel a chill (as an emotional response) / to feel cold (as a clinical symptom) 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]) 制冷 zhì lěng to produce cold air (to cool a room etc) syn 冷血动物 冷血動物 lěng xuè dòng wù cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person syn 伤风 傷風 shāng fēng to catch cold 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 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 冷盘 冷盤 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats syn 凛冽 凜冽 lǐn liè biting cold syn 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 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn 寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) syn 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 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 凉风 涼風 liáng fēng cold wind / cool breeze syn 漠然 mò rán indifferent / apathetic / cold syn 瑟缩 瑟縮 sè suō to curl up shivering (from cold) / timid and trembling (in fear) / to shrink / to cower syn 受凉 受涼 shòu liáng to catch cold syn 冷敷 lěng fū to apply a cold compress 冷菜 lěng cài cold dish / cold food 冷锋 冷鋒 lěng fēng cold front (meteorology) 冷遇 lěng yù a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb syn 凉面 涼麵 liáng miàn cold noodles 打哆嗦 dǎ duō suo to tremble / to shiver (of cold) / to shudder syn 风寒 風寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine) 苦寒 kǔ hán bitter cold syn 冷寂 lěng jì cold and desolate / lonely syn 寒蝉 寒蟬 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 syn 冷血 lěng xuè cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal) 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 冷轧 冷軋 lěng zhá (metallurgy) cold-rolled / cold-rolling 天冷 tiān lěng it's cold (weather) 耐寒 nài hán coldproof / resistant to cold 御寒 禦寒 yù hán to defend against the cold / to keep warm 凄凄 qī qī cold and dismal 高寒 gāo hán high and cold (mountain area) 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 生冷 shēng lěng (of food) raw or cold syn 祛风 祛風 qū fēng to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM) 闷骚 悶騷 mēn sāo (coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside 大寒 dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February 寒潮 hán cháo cold wave / CL:股[gu3] syn 停摆 停擺 tíng bǎi (of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout 寒露 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 syn 寒食 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 受寒 shòu hán affected by cold / to catch cold syn 料峭 liào qiào spring chill in the air / cold syn 冷启动 冷啟動 lěng qǐ dòng to cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc) 避寒 bì hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday 冷 lěng cold syn 凉 涼 liáng cool / cold syn 冻 凍 dòng to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly 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 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 晾 liàng to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder syn 寒 hán cold / poor / to tremble 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 凄 淒 qī intense cold / frigid / dismal / grim / bleak / sad / mournful 冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid syn 冷餐 lěng cān cold meal / cold food 雪花膏 xuě huā gāo vanishing cream / cold cream (makeup) 馏 餾 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it syn 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 冽 liè cold and raw 凛 凜 lǐn cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic syn 冷链 lěng liàn cold chain 胃寒 wèi hán stomach cold (TCM) 唇亡齿寒 唇亡齒寒 chún wáng chǐ hán lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom) / fig. intimately interdependent syn 吹冷风 吹冷風 chuī lěng fēng to blow cold / damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words syn 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 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 冻肉 凍肉 dòng ròu cold or frozen meat 