冷血
lěng xuè
Pinyin

Definition

冷血
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lěng xuè
  1. cold-blood
  2. cold-blooded (animal)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冷
Lěng
  1. 1 surname Leng
寒冷
hán lěng
  1. 1 cold (climate)
  2. 2 frigid
  3. 3 very cold
血
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī],片[piàn]
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
冷冻
lěng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
  2. 2 to deep-freeze
冷却
lěng què
  1. 1 to cool off
  2. 2 cooling
冷天
lěng tiān
  1. 1 cold weather
  2. 2 cold season
冷战
Lěng zhàn
  1. 1 (US-Soviet) Cold War
冷暖
lěng nuǎn
  1. 1 lit. daily changes of temperature
  2. 2 fig. well-being
  3. 3 sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc
冷暖自知
lěng nuǎn zì zhī
  1. 1 see 如人飲水，冷暖自知|如人饮水，冷暖自知[rú rén yǐn shuǐ , lěng nuǎn zì zhī]
冷水
lěng shuǐ
  1. 1 cold water
  2. 2 unboiled water
  3. 3 fig. not yet ready (of plans)
冷汗
lěng hàn
  1. 1 cold sweat
冷淡
lěng dàn
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 indifferent
冷清
lěng qīng
  1. 1 cold and cheerless
  2. 2 fig. lonely
  3. 3 unfrequented
冷漠
lěng mò
  1. 1 cold and detached towards sb
  2. 2 lack of regard
  3. 3 indifference
  4. 4 neglect
冷眼
lěng yǎn
  1. 1 cool eye
  2. 2 fig. detached
  3. 3 (treating) with indifference
冷笑
lěng xiào
  1. 1 to sneer
  2. 2 to laugh grimly
  3. 3 grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)
  4. 4 bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
冷笑话
lěng xiào huà
  1. 1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan

Idioms (20)

一针见血
yī zhēn jiàn xiě
  1. 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
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
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)
吃人血馒头
chī rén xuè mán tou
  1. 1 to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
含血喷人
hán xuè pēn rén
  1. 1 to make false accusations against sb (idiom)
呕心沥血
ǒu xīn lì xuè
  1. 1 lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
  2. 2 to work one's heart out
  3. 3 blood, sweat and tears
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
枕冷衾寒
zhěn lěng qīn hán
  1. 1 cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
歃血为盟
shà xuè wéi méng
  1. 1 to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom)
  2. 2 to swear a sacred oath
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
  1. 1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
浴血苦战
yù xuè kǔ zhàn
  1. 1 a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
热脸贴冷屁股
rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu
  1. 1 to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
  2. 2 to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
热血沸腾
rè xuè fèi téng
  1. 1 to be fired up (idiom)
  2. 2 to have one's blood racing
狗血喷头
gǒu xiě pēn tóu
  1. 1 torrent of abuse (idiom)
狗血淋头
gǒu xuè lín tóu
  1. 1 lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. torrent of abuse
知冷知热
zhī lěng zhī rè
  1. 1 to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom)
  2. 2 to be very considerate

Sample Sentences

只看眼前的话，当然会觉得这是个很冷血的条件，希腊政府大概也不愿意接受，所以才叫人民公投吧。
zhī kàn yǎnqián dehuà ，dāngrán huì juéde zhè shì gè hěn lěngxiě de tiáojiàn ，xīlà zhèngfǔ dàgài yě bù yuànyì jiēshòu ，suǒyǐ cái jiào rénmín gōngtóu ba 。
If you just look at the here and now of it, of course they look like very cold-blooded conditions. The Greek government was probably unwilling to accept too, so that's why they called for a public referendum.
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这里的最后一段还提到，政府担心流浪狗越来越多会影响市容，听起来好冷血。
zhèlǐ de zuìhòu yí duàn hái tídào ，zhèngfǔ dānxīn liúlànggǒu yuèláiyuèduō huì yǐngxiǎng shìróng ，tīng qǐlai hǎo lěngxiě 。
It says in the last bit here, that the government is worried that too many stray dogs will make the city look bad. It sounds so cruel.
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你懂什么？惩罚特别严重的犯罪，死刑是无法替代的。对于那些特别严重的犯罪行为，冷血杀手不受到法律的惩罚，这公平吗？
nǐ dǒng shénme ？chéngfá tèbié yánzhòng de fànzuì ，sǐxíng shì wúfǎ tìdài de 。duìyú nàxiē tèbié yánzhòng de fànzuì xíngwéi ，lěngxiě shāshǒu bù shòudào fǎlǜ de chéngfá ，zhè gōngpíng ma ？
What do you know? For offenses with especially serious penalties, the death penalty is irreplaceable. With regard to those especially grave crimes, if cold-blooded killers don't receive the punishment of the law, is that just?
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