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冷水

lěng shuǐ

2-character word

What 冷水 means

1. cold water
2. unboiled water
3. fig. not yet ready (of plans)

The characters in 冷水

• 冷lěngcold
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 他往他自己身上泼了一盆冷水。
  Tā wǎng tā zìjǐ shēnshang pō le yī pén lěngshuǐ.
  He poured cold water over himself.
• 一杯冷水在暑热的天气里十分提神。
  Yī bēi lěngshuǐ zài shǔrè de tiānqì lǐ shífēn tíshén.
  A glass of cold water is very refreshing in hot weather.

Words starting with 冷水

• 冷水机组lěng shuǐ jī zǔchiller
• 冷水滩区Lěng shuǐ tān QūLengshuitan, a district of Yongzhou City 永州市
• 冷水江市Lěng shuǐ jiāng ShìLengshuijiang, a county-level city in Loudi City 娄底市
• 冷水滩Lěng shuǐ tānsee 冷水滩区
• 冷水江Lěng shuǐ jiāngsee 冷水江市

Words containing 冷水

• 泼冷水pō lěng shuǐto pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
• 浇冷水jiāo lěng shuǐto pour cold water; fig. to discourage