冷落
lěng luò
Pinyin

Definition

冷落
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lěng luò
  1. desolate
  2. unfrequented
  3. to treat sb coldly
  4. to snub
  5. to cold shoulder

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冷
Lěng
  1. 1 surname Leng
低落
dī luò
  1. 1 downcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 to decline
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

Idioms (20)

一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
不见棺材不落泪
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi
  1. 1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright

Sample Sentences

她嫌我老是忙工作，冷落了她。可我也是为了这个家啊。
tā xián wǒ lǎoshi máng gōngzuò ，lěng luò le tā 。kě wǒ yě shì wèile zhège jiā a 。
She thinks I spend too much time at work, and I'm giving her the cold shoulder. But I do it for our family!
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