chōu​lěng​zi

unexpectedly

  • created reference approved 抽冷子 → 冷不防 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抽冷子 chōu​lěng​zi

    冷不防 lěng​bu​fáng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 抽冷子 → 猛然 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抽冷子 chōu​lěng​zi

    猛然 měng​rán

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 抽冷子 · chōu​lěng​zi · unexpectedly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抽冷子

    chōu​lěng​zi

    unexpectedly

    (colloquial) to do something suddenly and without warning; caught off guard

    抽, 冷子

    抽 (literal) → 抽 · chōu · to pull out 冷子 (literal) → 冷子 · lěng​zi · all of a sudden

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense