冷瑟瑟

lěngsèsè

adjective

Meanings

1 cold enough to make one shiver; chilly and trembling

Characters

trembling; rustling

Examples

他淋了雨，冷瑟瑟地站在屋檐下。

Tā lín le yǔ, lěngsèsè de zhàn zài wūyán xià.

Drenched by the rain, he stood shivering with cold under the eaves.

秋风一吹，身上冷瑟瑟的。

Qiū fēng yī chuī, shēnshàng lěngsèsè de.

The autumn wind blew and left me shivering all over.

Tips

memory

瑟瑟 originally describes a rustling, quivering sound (wind through leaves, strings of a 瑟 zither). Add 冷 and you get the picture of someone trembling from cold.

Stroke Order

冷 lěng

瑟 sè