挨冻 (āi) — to suffer from cold; to be freezing (due to cold weather or lack of heating)
Definition
A vivid colloquial verb meaning 'to freeze / suffer from the cold' — enduring cold exposure rather than a one-time chill. Here 挨 means 'to endure or suffer', not the common '挨打' sense of receiving a blow.
verb
to suffer from coldto be freezing (due to cold weather or lack of heating)
Examples
- ，。Zuó tiān zài wài miàn děng chē, āi le yí xià wǔ dòng.Yesterday I waited for the bus outside and suffered from cold all afternoon.
- ，，挨冻。Tiān qì zhè me lěng, nǐ chū mén jì de duō chuān yī fu, bié āi.It's so cold — remember to dress warmly when you go out, don't freeze.
- ，挨冻。Tā yīn wèi méi yǒu nuǎn qì, měi tiān wǎn shàng dōu āi.Because he has no heating, he freezes every night.
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