冷汗
lěng hàn
Pinyin
Definition
冷汗
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- cold sweat
Character Decomposition
Idioms (15)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
- 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冷嘲热讽
- 1 frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
冷若冰霜
- 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
- 2 frigid
冷言冷语
- 1 sarcastic comments (idiom)
- 2 to make sarcastic comments
冷语冰人
- 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
Sample Sentences
刚刚那场浴血奋战的战争真是太虐心了!吓得我一身冷汗。
That gory battle we just watched was so heart-wrenching! It was so tense it made me sweat all over.
这倒是。我刚上路那会儿经常被吓得直冒冷汗。上了高架怕追尾,下了高架怕撞人。有些人过马路根本不看有没有斑马线,也不关心红绿灯,想过就过。我有一次就差点儿撞到了一个老人,害得我一个星期都不敢摸方向盘。
That is true. When I first started driving I would often get so freaked out I would break out in a cold sweat. When I got on the elevated road I would worry about getting rear-ended, and when I got off I would worry I was going to hit someone. Some people don’t even look to see if there's a crosswalk when they cross the street and don't pay attention to traffic lights; if they want to cross, they just cross. I nearly hit an elderly person once. I was so scared that I couldn’t even touch a steering wheel for a week.