喝凉水都塞牙 (喝涼水都塞牙)
hē liáng shuǐ dōu sāi yá
Pinyin

Definition

喝凉水都塞牙 (喝涼水都塞牙)
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hē liáng shuǐ dōu sāi yá
  1. (coll.) to be out of luck

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to drink
  2. 2 variant: 嗬 hē
  1. 1 surname Du
lěng shuǐ
  1. 1 cold water
  2. 2 unboiled water
  3. 3 fig. not yet ready (of plans)
shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth
kǒu shuǐ
  1. 1 saliva

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts