热脸贴冷屁股
rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu
Pinyin

Definition

热脸贴冷屁股
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rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu
  1. to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
  2. to be snubbed despite showing good intentions

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冷
Lěng
  1. 1 surname Leng
个股
gè gǔ
  1. 1 share (in a listed company)
冰冷
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冷冷
lěng lěng
  1. 1 coldly
冷冷清清
lěng lěng qīng qīng
  1. 1 deserted
  2. 2 desolate
  3. 3 unfrequented
  4. 4 cold and cheerless
  5. 5 lonely
  6. 6 in quiet isolation
冷冻
lěng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
  2. 2 to deep-freeze
冷却
lěng què
  1. 1 to cool off
  2. 2 cooling
冷天
lěng tiān
  1. 1 cold weather
  2. 2 cold season
冷战
Lěng zhàn
  1. 1 (US-Soviet) Cold War
冷暖
lěng nuǎn
  1. 1 lit. daily changes of temperature
  2. 2 fig. well-being
  3. 3 sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc
冷暖自知
lěng nuǎn zì zhī
  1. 1 see 如人飲水，冷暖自知|如人饮水，冷暖自知[rú rén yǐn shuǐ , lěng nuǎn zì zhī]
冷水
lěng shuǐ
  1. 1 cold water
  2. 2 unboiled water
  3. 3 fig. not yet ready (of plans)
冷汗
lěng hàn
  1. 1 cold sweat
冷淡
lěng dàn
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 indifferent
冷清
lěng qīng
  1. 1 cold and cheerless
  2. 2 fig. lonely
  3. 3 unfrequented
冷漠
lěng mò
  1. 1 cold and detached towards sb
  2. 2 lack of regard
  3. 3 indifference
  4. 4 neglect
冷眼
lěng yǎn
  1. 1 cool eye
  2. 2 fig. detached
  3. 3 (treating) with indifference
冷笑
lěng xiào
  1. 1 to sneer
  2. 2 to laugh grimly
  3. 3 grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)
  4. 4 bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
冷笑话
lěng xiào huà
  1. 1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
冷落
lěng luò
  1. 1 desolate
  2. 2 unfrequented
  3. 3 to treat sb coldly
  4. 4 to snub
  5. 5 to cold shoulder

Idioms (17)

冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冷嘲热讽
lěng cháo rè fěng
  1. 1 frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
冷言冷语
lěng yán lěng yǔ
  1. 1 sarcastic comments (idiom)
  2. 2 to make sarcastic comments
冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén
  1. 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
割股疗亲
gē gǔ liǎo qīn
  1. 1 to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
  2. 2 filial thigh-cutting
屁滚尿流
pì gǔn niào liú
  1. 1 to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
  1. 1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
掇臀捧屁
duō tún pěng pì
  1. 1 to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
枕冷衾寒
zhěn lěng qīn hán
  1. 1 cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
热脸贴冷屁股
rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu
  1. 1 to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
  2. 2 to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
知冷知热
zhī lěng zhī rè
  1. 1 to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom)
  2. 2 to be very considerate
股栗
gǔ lì
  1. 1 to shake like an aspen
  2. 2 to shiver with fear (idiom)
股栗肤粟
gǔ lì fū sù
  1. 1 with shuddering thighs and skin like gooseflesh (idiom)
门庭冷落，门堪罗雀
mén tíng lěng luò , mén kān luó què
  1. 1 The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted
头悬梁，锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly

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