清凉 (清涼)
qīng liáng
Pinyin

Definition

清凉 (清涼)
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qīng liáng
  1. cool
  2. refreshing
  3. (of clothing) skimpy
  4. revealing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Qīng
  1. 1 Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)
  2. 2 surname Qing
Qīng xīn
  1. 1 Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong
qīng zǎo
  1. 1 first thing in the morning
  2. 2 at daybreak
qīng chén
  1. 1 early morning
qīng xī
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct

Idioms (20)

一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
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
两袖清风
liǎng xiù qīng fēng
  1. 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
  2. 2 uncorrupted
  3. 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible

Sample Sentences

我看看。哦,只不过是比较清凉的照片,怎么能算色情?
wǒ kàn kan 。ō ,zhǐ bùguò shì bǐjiào qīngliáng de zhàopiàn ,zěnme néng suàn sèqíng ?
Let me take a look. Ah, that's just a little cheesecake, how can you count it as racy?
到了汉代,皇宫里夏季便有了“清凉殿”,内有多重降温装置,以石头为床,用玉晶盘装冰块,还有人站在一旁对着扇扇子,清凉无比。
dào le Hàndài ,huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”,nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ,yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ,yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ,háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ,qīngliáng wúbǐ 。
In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.
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就是穿得很清凉的那个?她在等朋友吧。
jiùshì chuān de hěn qīngliáng de nàge ?tā zài děng péngyou ba 。
The one dressed super scantily? She's waiting for her friends.
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