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泼冷水

pō lěng shuǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 潑冷水

泼冷水 (pō lěng shuǐ) means "to pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 泼冷水 means

1. to pour cold water on
2. (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm

The characters in 泼冷水

• 泼pōto splash; to spill; rough and coarse
• 冷lěngcold
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

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