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  • 1

    adj.cold; indifferent; cool; frigid

    • zài jù huì shang tā duì měi yī gè rén dōu hěn lěng dàn

      聚会冷淡

      She was cold towards everyone at the party.

    • tā duì zhàng fu de péng you hěn lěng dàn

      丈夫朋友冷淡

      She is cold to her husband's friends.

    • tā duì zhè jiàn shì hěn lěng dàn

      冷淡

      He had no interest in this.

  • 2

    adj.slack; sluggish; cheerless; desolate; not brisk

    • fáng jiān li yī piàn lěng dàn de qì fēn

      房间冷淡气氛

      There was a frigid atmosphere in the room.

  • 3

    v.treat coldly; turn/give the cold shoulder to somebody; leave somebody (out) in the cold

    • tā qiáng dǎ zhe jīng shen shuō huà shēng pà lěng dàn le péng you

      精神说话生怕冷淡朋友

      He forced himself to perk up and keep the conversation going for fear that his friend would feel he'd been cold-shouldered.

    • nǐ lěng dàn le kè rén

      冷淡客人

      You slighted the guests.

    • shòu lěng dàn

      冷淡

      get the cold shoulder

Word usage

  • "冷淡" can be reduplicated, for example: "冷冷淡淡".
    • 总是

      He is always cool towards me.