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热脸贴冷屁股

rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu

6-character word Traditional 熱臉貼冷屁股

What 热脸贴冷屁股 means

1. to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
2. to be snubbed despite showing good intentions

The characters in 热脸贴冷屁股

• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)
• 脸liǎnface
• 贴tiēto stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog)
• 冷lěngcold
• 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share

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