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浇冷水

jiāo lěng shuǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to pour cold water / fig. to discourage
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-4ec57528c54c4049. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

澆冷水 浇冷水 [jiao1 leng3 shui3] /to pour cold water/fig. to discourage/

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Other forms in these source records: 澆冷水

  • 浇
    jiāo

    to pour liquid / to irrigate (using waterwheel) / to water / to cast (molten metal) / to mold

  • 冷
    lěng

    cold

    Lěng

    surname Leng

  • 水
    shuǐ

    water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment

    Shuǐ

    surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

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