冰释前嫌 — Chinese idiom
冰释前嫌
bīng shì qián xián
Traditional: 冰釋前嫌
Meaning
- to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet
Character by character
- 冰bīngice; ice-cold
- 释shìto explain, to interpret; to release
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 嫌xiánto hate, to detest; to criticize; to suspect
Idioms sharing a character
- 冰清玉洁 bīng qīng yù jié
- 冰肌玉骨 bīng jī yù gǔ
- 冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming
- 冷语冰人 lěng yǔ bīng rén
- 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng
- 涣然冰释 huàn rán bīng shì
- 玉洁冰清 yù jié bīng qīng
- 虎尾春冰 hǔ wěi chūn bīng
- 如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù
- 爱不忍释 ài bù rěn shì
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