忽冷忽熱
简 忽冷忽热 · 繁 忽冷忽熱Meanings
- now hot, now cold
- (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
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1–3–1–4 · hu1 leng3 hu1 re4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fat1 laang5 fat1 jit6
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- (idiomatic) to be sometimes hot and sometimes cold; to have drastic swings in temperature
- (idiomatic) to be sometimes warm and friendly but other times cold and indifferent; to blow hot and cold
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