冷 lěng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 令 command, decree, order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
冷酷
lěngkù
cold-hearted; ruthless
Characters in this word
酷 kù
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 酉 wine 告 to tell, to inform, to announce
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 资本市场有时显得冷酷，因为它只奖励效率，却很少顾及个体命运。 Zīběn shìchǎng yǒushí xiǎnde lěngkù, yīnwèi tā zhǐ jiǎnglì xiàolǜ, què hěn shǎo gùjí gètǐ mìngyùn. Capital markets sometimes seem ruthless because they reward efficiency while rarely considering individual fates.
- 他冷酷地拒绝了所有人的求助，转身就走了。 Tā lěngkù de jùjué le suǒyǒu rén de qiúzhù, zhuǎnshēn jiù zǒu le. He coldly refused everyone's requests for help and turned and left.
- 电影里的老板性格冷酷，从不给员工留情面。 Diànyǐng lǐ de lǎobǎn xìnggé lěngkù, cóngbù gěi yuángōng liú qíngmiàn. The boss in the film is cold-hearted and never spares his employees.
Related words
- 冷 lěng cold
- 寒冷 hánlěng cold
- 冷静 lěngjìng calm
- 忽冷忽热 hūlěnghūrè changeable; hot and cold
- 冷淡 lěngdàn cold; indifferent; to treat coldly
- 冷冻 lěngdòng to freeze; frozen
- 冷落 lěngluò desolate; to neglect; to cold-shoulder
- 冷门 lěngmén unpopular; obscure; less favoured
- 冷漠 lěngmò indifferent; apathetic
- 冷气 lěngqì air conditioning; cold air
- 冷却 lěngquè to cool; to cool down
- 冷战 lěngzhàn cold war; cold conflict