冷水 (lěng shuǐ) — cold water (literal); unboiled water; (figurative) cold water, discouragement
Definition
Literally 'cold water'. Used literally for unboiled/cool water, and figuratively in the idiom 泼冷水 ('pour cold water on') to mean discouraging someone. No direct sibling overlap.
noun
cold water (literal)unboiled water(figurative) cold waterdiscouragement
Examples
- 冷水。Xià tiān hē yì bēi lěng shuǐ zhēn shū fu.A glass of cold water in summer is really refreshing.
- 冷水，，。Shēng shuǐ shì lěng shuǐ, méi yǒu zhǔ guò, bù néng zhí jiē hē.Unboiled water is cold water that hasn't been boiled and can't be drunk directly.
- ，冷水。Tā rè qíng dì tí le yí gè jiàn yì, què bèi dà jiā pō le yì pén lěng shuǐ.He enthusiastically made a suggestion, but everyone poured cold water on it.
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