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冷酷

lěng kù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

冷酷 (lěng kù) means "unfeeling; callous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 冷酷 means

1. unfeeling; callous

The characters in 冷酷

• 冷lěngcold
• 酷kùruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool

Example sentences

• 你真冷酷无情。
  Nǐ zhēn lěngkùwúqíng.
  You have no heart.
• 他冷酷的性格使朋友们一个一个地疏远了他。
  Tā lěngkù de xìnggé shǐ péngyou men yī gè yī gè de shūyuǎn le tā.
  His coolness has alienated his friends.

Words starting with 冷酷

• 冷酷无情lěng kù wú qíngcold-hearted; unfeeling; callous

Where 冷酷 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · láo–yuè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lěng kù correctly.
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