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

HSK 3

别对她冷嘲热讽了，她已经很难过了。

Bié duì tā lěngcháo-rèfěng le, tā yǐjīng hěn nánguò le.

Stop mocking her - she's already upset enough.

HSK 4

他受够了同事的冷嘲热讽。

Tā shòugòu le tóngshì de lěngcháo-rèfěng.

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

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