Chinese symbol for “sank”

凉了半截

liáng le bàn jié

Traditional: 涼了半截

felt a chill (in one's heart); (one's heart) sank

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sank is 凉了半截 (liáng le bàn jié), defined as: felt a chill (in one's heart); (one's heart) sank.

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Characters and stroke order

凉 liáng

cool, cold; disheartened

radical 15 ⼎ · 10 strokes

了 le

clear; to finish; particle of completed action

radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes

半 bàn

half; semi-, incomplete

radical 24 ⼗ · 5 strokes

截 jié

to cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; intersection

radical 62 ⼽ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

涼 liáng

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凉了半截.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
凉爽 (涼爽)	liáng shuǎng	cool and refreshing
清凉 (清涼)	qīng liáng	cool; refreshing
荒凉 (荒涼)	huāng liáng	desolate
凄凉 (悽涼)	qī liáng	mournful; miserable
凉鞋 (涼鞋)	liáng xié	sandal
为了 (為了)	wèi le	for; for the purpose of; in order to
了解	liǎo jiě	to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
除了	chú le	apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來\|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca
一半	yī bàn	half
截至	jié zhì	up to (a time); by (a time)

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