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冷漠

lěng mò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

冷漠 (lěng mò) means "cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard; indifference". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 冷漠 means

1. cold and detached towards sb
2. lack of regard
3. indifference
4. neglect

The characters in 冷漠

• 冷lěngcold
• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned

Example sentences

• 大部分人都挺冷漠。
  The majority of people are quite indifferent.
• 社会变态者是冷漠的。
  Shèhuì biàntài zhě shì lěngmò de.
  A sociopath is cold.
• 秘书冷漠地回答了我。
  The secretary responded back to me coldly.
• 你对待身边的人太冷漠了。
  Nǐ duìdài shēnbiān de rén tài lěngmò le.
  You are too indifferent to those around you.
• 有人说新一代的人很冷漠。
  Yǒurén shuō xīnyīdài de rén hěn lěngmò.
  It is said that the younger generation today is apathetic.
• 在他身上没有大城市人的那种冷漠。
  He doesn't have the indifference typical of people from big cities.

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