冷嘲热讽

冷嘲熱諷

lěngcháo-rèfěng

idiom #18,607

Meanings

1 to mock and ridicule
2 frigid irony and burning sarcasm

Characters

Examples

他受够了同事的冷嘲热讽。

Tā shòugòu le tóngshì de lěngcháorèfěng.

He's had enough of his colleagues' mockery and sarcasm.

别对她冷嘲热讽了，她已经很难过了。

Bié duì tā lěngcháorèfěng le, tā yǐjīng hěn nánguò le.

Stop mocking her — she's already upset enough.

Tips

memory

冷 (cold) 嘲 (mock) 热 (hot) 讽 (satirize) — attacks from both 'cold' and 'hot' angles: icy sarcasm and heated ridicule.

Stroke Order

冷 lěng

嘲 cháo

热 rè

讽 fěng