冷眼 (lěng yǎn) — cool detachment; dispassionate observation; cold shoulder; unfriendly treatment
Definition
A literary noun with two senses: detached, observer-style looking (冷眼旁观) or the unfriendly 'cold shoulder' (用冷眼看她). The second is more colloquial than 冷落.
noun
cool detachmentdispassionate observationcold shoulderunfriendly treatment
Examples
- ，。Tā duì zhè jiàn shì yì zhí lěng yǎn páng guān, méi yǒu fā biǎo yì jiàn.He has been looking on with cool detachment at this matter and hasn't expressed an opinion.
- ，冷眼，。Tā jìn mén shí, dà jiā dōu yòng lěng yǎn kàn tā, ràng tā hěn bù shū fu.When she entered, everyone gave her the cold shoulder, making her very uncomfortable.
- ，冷眼。Zuò wéi jì zhě, tā xí guàn yòng lěng yǎn guān chá shè huì xiàn xiàng.As a journalist, he is used to observing social phenomena with cool detachment.
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