冷门
lěng mén
Pinyin

Definition

冷门
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lěng mén
  1. a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
  2. fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冷
Lěng
  1. 1 surname Leng
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
冷落
lěng luò
  1. 1 desolate
  2. 2 unfrequented
  3. 3 to treat sb coldly
  4. 4 to snub
  5. 5 to cold shoulder
冷藏
lěng cáng
  1. 1 refrigeration
  2. 2 cold storage
  3. 3 to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
冷血
lěng xuè
  1. 1 cold-blood
  2. 2 cold-blooded (animal)
冷酷
lěng kù
  1. 1 grim
  2. 2 unfeeling
  3. 3 callous

Idioms (10)

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)
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
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
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
门庭冷落，门堪罗雀
mén tíng lěng luò , mén kān luó què
  1. 1 The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted

Sample Sentences

刚从图书馆回来，没借到想看的书。你说现在的人也太疯狂了吧，只要一得奖，再冷门的书也会变得畅销。
gāng cóng túshūguǎn huílai ，méi jièdào xiǎng kàn de shū 。nǐ shuō xiànzài de rén yě tài fēngkuáng le ba ，zhǐyào yī dé jiǎng ，zài lěngmén de shū yě huì biànde chàngxiāo 。
I just got back from the library and I didn't manage to borrow the book I wanted. People these days are pretty crazy, as soon as someone wins a prize, the most obscure book will turn into a bestseller.
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你还敢讲，刚刚那五首歌都是你点的，而且都太冷门我们不会唱，我们只好吃东西。
nǐ hái gǎn jiǎng ，gānggāng nà wǔ shǒu gē dōu shì nǐ diǎnr de ，érqiě dōu tài lěngmén wǒmen bùhuì chàng ，wǒmen zhǐhǎo chī dōngxi 。
I'm surprised you have the cheek to say that, you ordered all of the last five songs, and they are all so obscure so we can't sing them, all we can do is eat.
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现在热门的指不定我们毕业的时候就变冷门了呢！
xiànzài rèmén de zhǐbudìng wǒ men bìyè de shíhou jiù biàn lěngmén le ne ！
There's no guarantees what's hot now will be in demand when we graduate!
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不少人像你一样想。不过一般冷门项目要打开市场所需要的时间比较长，投资者可能无法承受。我倒是觉得加盟热门连锁行业相对更安全，关键是要选择有竞争力的项目。
bùshǎo rén xiàng nǐ yíyàng xiǎng 。bùguò yībān lěngmén xiàngmù yào dǎkāi shìchǎng suǒ xūyāo de shíjiān bǐjiào cháng ，tóuzīzhě kěnéng wúfǎ chéngshòu 。wǒ dàoshì juéde jiāméng rèmén liánsuǒ hángyè xiāngduì gèng ānquán ，guānjiàn shì yào xuǎnzé yǒu jìngzhēnglì de xiàngmù 。
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可是热门行业的竞争激烈，我觉得还是选冷门的项目投资比较好。
kěshì rèmén hángyè de jìngzhēng jīliè ，wǒ juéde hái shì xuǎn lěngmén de xiàngmù tóuzī bǐjiàohǎo 。
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