热脸贴冷屁股
rè​liǎn​tiē​lěng​pì​gu

to be snubbed

  • created sense approved 热脸贴冷屁股/熱臉貼冷屁股 · rè​liǎn​tiē​lěng​pì​gu · to be snubbed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    热脸贴冷屁股 / 熱臉貼冷屁股

    rè​liǎn​tiē​lěng​pì​gu

    to be snubbed

    to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke; to be ignored or treated coldly despite showing good intentions or enthusiasm

    热 (literal) → 热/熱 · rè · ardent 脸 (literal) → 脸/臉 · liǎn · face (anatomy) 贴 (literal) → 贴/貼 · tiē · to stay close to 冷 (literal) → 冷 · lěng · frosty 屁股 (literal) → 屁股 · pì​gu · buttocks

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

    created sense