冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
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1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
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2 frigid
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
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1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
甲之蜜糖,乙之砒霜
jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
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1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
秋菊傲霜
qiū jú ào shuāng
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1 the autumn chrysanthemum braves the frost (idiom)
雪上加霜
xuě shàng jiā shuāng
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1 to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another
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2 to make things worse in a bad situation
风中烛,瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng
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1 lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
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2 fig. (of sb's life) feeble
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3 hanging on a thread