浇冷水
jiāo​lěng​shuǐ

to dampen enthusiasm

  • created reference approved 浇冷水/澆冷水 → 泼冷水/潑冷水 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    浇冷水 / 澆冷水 jiāo​lěng​shuǐ

    泼冷水 / 潑冷水 pō​lěng​shuǐ

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 浇冷水/澆冷水 · jiāo​lěng​shuǐ · to dampen enthusiasm — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    浇冷水 / 澆冷水

    jiāo​lěng​shuǐ

    to dampen enthusiasm

    to pour cold water; to discourage someone or dampen their enthusiasm

    浇, 冷水

    浇 (literal) → 浇/澆 · jiāo · to pour 冷水 (literal) → 冷水 · lěng​shuǐ · cold water (figurative)

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

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