lěng yǎn
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  • 1

    n.icy look; (with) a cold eye; (with) cool detachment; (with) a calm and objective attitude

    • lěng yǎn kàn lai

      冷眼看来

      look with cool detachment

    • tā zuò zài qiáng jiǎo li lěng yǎn guān chá lái kè de yán tán jǔ zhǐ

      墙角冷眼观察来客言谈举止

      He sat in a corner, watching with a cold eye how the guests were conducting themselves.

    • qiě jiāng lěng yǎn guān páng xiè kàn nǐ héng xíng dào jǐ shí

      冷眼螃蟹横行几时

      Remain uninvolved and keep a close watch on the wrongdoer and see how far he can go.

  • 2

    n.cold/frosty reception; cold shoulder

    • lěng yǎn xiāng kàn

      冷眼相看

      look on coldly

    • gōng zuò zhōng rú guǒ yǒu rén chù chù wéi nán nǐ yī dìng yào yǔ duì fāng zhēn chéng gōu tōng bì miǎn lěng yǎn xiāng duì

      工作如果有人处处为难一定对方真诚沟通避免冷眼相对

      Be honest in your communication and don't lose your cool if someone backs you into a corner.

    • nà kě bù miào wǒ bèi qiǎng jié guò cóng wǒ dào de nà tiān jiù shòu jìn lěng yǎn

      可不抢劫受尽冷眼

      It wasn't pretty. I was mocked, I was derided from the day I arrived here.