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浇冷水
jiāo​lěng​shuǐ

to dampen enthusiasm

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
浇冷水 澆冷水 jiāo//lěng​shuǐ
to dampen enthusiasm
to pour cold water; to discourage someone or dampen their enthusiasm

Frequency

Written text
0.031 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 泼冷水 pō​lěng​shuǐ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)