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冷酷 lěngkù

冷酷 lěngkù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 冷酷 lěngkù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lěngkù | leng3 ku4
English translation
grim
unfeeling
callous

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Traditional form

冷酷 lěngkù

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 冷酷 lěngkù

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Lěng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. bīng represents the meaning and Líng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Líng

Semantic compound

bīng

Positional decomposition

冫令

Number of Strokes

7

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yǒu represents the meaning and gào represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

gào

Semantic compound

yǒu

Positional decomposition

酉告

Number of Strokes

14

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Example sentences using 冷酷 lěngkù

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冷酷 lěngkù de 日常 rìcháng 现实 xiànshí 使 shǐ Cóng 理想 lǐxiǎng 主义 zhǔyì de 幻梦 huàn mèng Zhōng 清醒 qīngxǐng 过来 guò lái .

The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.

shuì Láng 先生 Xiānsheng shì 冷酷 lěngkù 算计 suàn ji yòu ài 摆布 bǎi bù rén de rén

He described Mr Long as cold, calculating and manipulative.

打发走。”冷酷无情 lěng kù wú qíng de 说道 shuō dào

"Send her away," Eve said in a cold, hard voice.

kān de 眼神 yǎnshén 冷酷 lěngkù 无比 wúbǐ

She gave me the stoniest look I ever got.

看着冷酷 lěngkù de 眼神 yǎnshén 闪过 shǎn guò 一丝嘲笑 cháoxiào

He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes.

冷酷 lěngkù Decomposition

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冷酷 lěngkù Compounds

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