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- [jiāolěngshuǐ]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 浇冷水 [jiāolěngshuǐ]
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- 1. To pour cold water; dampen the spirits of; to discourage.
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 浇冷水 [jiāolěngshuǐ]
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1.
泼冷水。
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泼冷水。
Examples
- 大雨浇得他全身都湿透了。
- He was drenched with rain. → 浇
- 浇铅字
- type casting; type founding → 浇
- 倾盆大雨劈头盖脸地浇了下来。
- The rain came pelting down. → 劈头盖脸
- 身上浇得湿淋淋的
- get dripping (or soaking, sopping) wet; be soaked to the skin → 湿淋淋
- 这块地不吃水，浇再多的水也没用。 → 吃水
- 他浑身被雨浇得湿淋淋的。 → 湿淋淋
- 他在浇这盆花。 → 浇
- 他在工作间浇铅字。 → 浇
- 老给他浇冷水会使他失去自信的。
- Don't dampen his spirits, or he will lose confidence. → 浇冷水
- 时不时给头脑发热的年轻人浇冷水, 也是为了他们的成长。 → 浇冷水
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