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冷嘲熱諷

简冷嘲热讽 · 繁冷嘲熱諷

Mandarin · pinyin lěng cháo rè fěng

frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule

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冷: lěng · cold, cool; lonely
嘲: cháo · ridicule, deride, scorn, jeer at
熱: rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
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热: rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
讽: fěng · fèng · recite, incant; satirize

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3–2–4–3 · leng3 chao2 re4 feng3

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laang5 zaau1 jit6 fung3

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(idiomatic) burning satire and freezing irony; to sarcastically ridicule

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