熱臉貼冷屁股
简 热脸贴冷屁股 · 繁 熱臉貼冷屁股Meanings
- to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
- to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
Characters in this entry
- 熱
- rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
- 臉
- liǎn · face; cheek; reputation
- 貼
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- 冷
- lěng · cold, cool; lonely
- 屁
- pì · break wind; fart; buttocks
- 股
- gǔ · thighs, haunches, rump; share
- 热
- rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
- 脸
- liǎn · face; cheek; reputation
- 贴
- tiē · paste to, stick on; attached to
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Mandarin tones
4–3–1–3–4–5 · re4 lian3 tie1 leng3 pi4 gu5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jit6 lim5 tip3 laang5 pei3 gu2
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to receive a cold shoulder
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