冷言冷语 — Chinese idiom
冷言冷语
lěng yán lěng yǔ
Traditional: 冷言冷語
Meaning
- sarcastic comments
- to make sarcastic comments
Character by character
- 冷lěngcold, cool; lonely
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 冷lěngcold, cool; lonely
- 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression
Idioms sharing a character
- 冷嘲热讽 lěng cháo rè fěng
- 冷眼旁观 lěng yǎn páng guān
- 冷语冰人 lěng yǔ bīng rén
- 打入冷宫 dǎ rù lěng gōng
- 枕冷衾寒 zhěn lěng qīn hán
- 知冷知热 zhī lěng zhī rè
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 一言不合 yī yán bù hé
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
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