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 冬天 dōng tiān winter / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold syn 冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 冷漠 lěng mò cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect syn 冬季 dōng jì winter 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 四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn 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 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 过冬 過冬 guò dōng to get through the winter 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 寒假 hán jià winter vacation 严冬 嚴冬 yán dōng severe winter 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 隆冬 lóng dōng midwinter / the depth of winter syn 冬奥会 冬奧會 dōng ào huì Winter Olympics 冬至 dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January syn 四时 四時 sì shí the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn 受凉 受涼 shòu liáng to catch cold syn 冬衣 dōng yī winter clothes 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) 棉裤 棉褲 mián kù quilted cotton trousers / cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) 冷遇 lěng yù a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb syn 冬菇 dōng gū donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap syn 迎春花 yíng chūn huā winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) 凉面 涼麵 liáng miàn cold noodles 防寒服 fáng hán fú overcoat / down jacket / winter wear 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) 越冬 yuè dōng to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 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) 布达拉宫 布達拉宮 bù dá lā gōng Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet 耐寒 nài hán coldproof / resistant to cold 御寒 禦寒 yù hán to defend against the cold / to keep warm 初冬 chū dōng early winter 肃杀 肅殺 sù shā austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter) 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 冬令 dōng lìng winter / winter climate syn 寒潮 hán cháo cold wave / CL:股[gu3] syn 立冬 lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November 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 枯水期 kū shuǐ qī period of low water level (winter in north China) 冷启动 冷啟動 lěng qǐ dòng to cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc) 寒衣 hán yī winter clothing syn 