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7-9

to pour cold water

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

po1leng3shui3 pōlěngshuǐ

Meaning


Primary

to pour cold water

Alternatives

pour cold water, pouring cold water, pours cold water, poured cold water, to splash cold water, splash cold water, discourage, to discourage

Mnemonic


潑冷水 To pour cold water on someone is to figuratively discourage them by 潑 splashing the 冷 cold 水 water of your critical comments onto their enthusiasm.

Usage


不要 給 他 的 計畫 潑冷水。

Don't pour cold water on his plan.

不要 在 別人 高興 時 潑冷水。

Don't pour cold water when others are happy.

他 喜歡 對 新 點子 潑冷水。

He likes to pour cold water on new ideas.