泼冷水 pōlěngshuǐ HSK7 to dampen enthusiasm Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 泼冷水 潑冷水 pō//lěngshuǐ to dampen enthusiasm to pour cold water on; to discourage or dampen someone's enthusiasm; to take the joy out of something; to make someone more sober or realistic Frequency Movie subtitles 0.720 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.508 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 浇冷水 jiāolěngshuǐReferenced by 冷水 lěngshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
泼冷水 潑冷水 pō//lěngshuǐ to dampen enthusiasm to pour cold water on; to discourage or dampen someone's enthusiasm; to take the joy out of something; to make someone more sober or realistic Frequency Movie subtitles 0.720 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.508 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 浇冷水 jiāolěngshuǐReferenced by 冷水 lěngshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
