冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
Pinyin

Definition

冷若冰霜
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lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. frigid

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冰
bīng
  1. 1 ice
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
  3. 3 to chill sth
  4. 4 (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  5. 5 (of a person) cold
  6. 6 unfriendly
  7. 7 (slang) methamphetamine
冷
Lěng
  1. 1 surname Leng
寒冷
hán lěng
  1. 1 cold (climate)
  2. 2 frigid
  3. 3 very cold
若
ruò
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 as
  4. 4 if
倘若
tǎng ruò
  1. 1 provided that
  2. 2 supposing that
  3. 3 if
冰冷
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰冻
bīng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
冰块
bīng kuài
  1. 1 ice cube
  2. 2 ice chunk
冰封
bīng fēng
  1. 1 to freeze over
  2. 2 to ice over
  3. 3 icebound
  4. 4 to shelve (a proposal etc)
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]
冰岛
Bīng dǎo
  1. 1 Iceland
冰川
bīng chuān
  1. 1 glacier
冰棍
bīng gùn
  1. 1 popsicle
  2. 2 ice lolly
  3. 3 CL:根[gēn]
冰水
bīng shuǐ
  1. 1 iced water
冰凉
bīng liáng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰淇淋
bīng qí lín
  1. 1 ice cream
冰激凌
bīng jī líng
  1. 1 ice cream
冰箱
bīng xiāng
  1. 1 icebox
  2. 2 freezer cabinet
  3. 3 refrigerator
  4. 4 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
冰糖
bīng táng
  1. 1 crystal sugar
  2. 2 rock candy
冰雕
bīng diāo
  1. 1 ice sculpture

Idioms (20)

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
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
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
冷嘲热讽
lěng cháo rè fěng
  1. 1 frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
冷言冷语
lěng yán lěng yǔ
  1. 1 sarcastic comments (idiom)
  2. 2 to make sarcastic comments
冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén
  1. 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart
危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
噤若寒蝉
jìn ruò hán chán
  1. 1 to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
固若金汤
gù ruò jīn tāng
  1. 1 secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
  2. 2 well fortified
  3. 3 invulnerable to attack
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
大勇若怯
dà yǒng ruò qiè
  1. 1 a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed
大勇若怯，大智若愚
dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent
大智若愚
dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)

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