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泼冷水

Word

to say things that stop people feeling excited about their ideas or plans

Traditional
潑冷水

pō lěng shuǐ

po1leng3shui3HSK 7–9

Meaning

  1. to say things that stop people feeling excited about their ideas or plans
  2. to tell someone their idea or plan is not good

Examples

  • 别泼冷水，让我试试吧。

    bié pō lěng shuǐ, ràng wǒ shì shi ba

    Don't say that! Let me try.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 他总是给朋友们泼冷水。

    tā zǒng shì gěi péng yǒu men pō lěng shuǐ

    He always tells his friends their ideas are not good.

    AI-generated sentence

Characters in 泼冷水

泼pō冷lěng水shuǐ
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