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泼冷水
pō lěng shuǐ
What 泼冷水 means
- to pour cold water on
- (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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