冷战
lěng​zhànLěng​zhànlěng​zhan HSK7

silent treatment

冷战 (冷戰) lěng​zhàn frequency
silent treatment noun
a period of strained relationship between individuals characterized by a refusal to communicate

他们两夫妻又在打冷战，谁也不理谁。

tā​men liǎng fū​qī yòu zài dǎ lěng​zhàn, shéi yě bù lǐ shéi.

The couple is having another cold war; neither of them is talking to the other.

cold war noun
a state of political hostility between countries characterized by measures short of open warfare

美苏两国在二战后进入了长期的冷战。

Měi Sū liǎng guó zài èr​zhàn hòu jìn​rù le cháng​qī de Lěng​zhàn.

The United States and the Soviet Union entered a long Cold War after World War II.

冷战 (冷戰) Lěng​zhàn
Cold War noun
(US-Soviet) Cold War

冷战在1991年结束了。

Lěng​zhàn zài yī​jiǔ​jiǔ​yī​nián jié​shù le.

The Cold War ended in 1991.

冷战 (冷戰) lěng​zhan
shiver noun
a sudden brief shaking of the body, usually caused by cold, fear, or a physical reaction

冷风吹过，他不自觉地打了一个冷战。

lěng​fēng chuī guò, tā bù zì​jué de dǎ le yī gè lěng​zhan.

A cold wind blew, and he involuntarily shuddered.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.55 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
6.65 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Has variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)