冷落

lěngluò

verb HSK 7 #19,583

Meanings

1 to neglect; to give the cold shoulder
2 to leave out in the cold

Characters

to fall; to decline

Literally 'cold and fallen' — being left out feels like falling into the cold.

Examples

别冷落了新来的同事。

Bié lěngluò le xīn lái de tóngshì.

Don't neglect the new colleague.

她觉得自己被朋友们冷落了。

Tā juéde zìjǐ bèi péngyoumen lěngluò le.

She felt she was being given the cold shoulder by her friends.

Stroke Order

冷 lěng

落 luò