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
冷战
lěngzhàn
cold war; cold conflict
Characters in this word
战 zhàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 夫妻俩冷战了三天，谁也不愿先承认自己语气过重。 Fūqī liǎ lěngzhàn le sān tiān, shéi yě bú yuàn xiān chéngrèn zìjǐ yǔqì guò zhòng. The couple were in a cold war for three days, and neither was willing to admit first that their tone had been too harsh.
- 姐妹俩因为一件小事冷战，已经一个星期不说话了。 Jiěmèi liǎ yīnwèi yí jiàn xiǎoshì lěngzhàn, yǐjīng yí ge xīngqī bù shuōhuà le. The two sisters have been in a cold war over a small matter and haven't spoken for a week.
- 历史课上，老师讲了冷战时期的太空竞赛。 Lìshǐ kè shang, lǎoshī jiǎng le lěngzhàn shíqī de tàikōng jìngsài. In history class, the teacher talked about the space race of the Cold War period.
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
- 冷酷 lěngkù cold-hearted; ruthless
- 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