热脸贴冷屁股 (熱臉貼冷屁股)
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Pinyin
Definition
热脸贴冷屁股 (熱臉貼冷屁股)
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- to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
- to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
Character Decomposition
Idioms (17)
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)