冷酷无情

冷酷無情

lěngkù-wúqíng

idiom HSK 7

Meanings

1 cold and ruthless
2 heartless and merciless

Characters

feeling; emotion

Literally 'cold, cruel, without feeling' — a double emphasis on heartlessness.

Examples

这个角色冷酷无情，让人又恨又怕。

Zhège juésè lěngkù-wúqíng, ràng rén yòu hèn yòu pà.

This character is cold and ruthless, making people both hate and fear him.

商场上有时候需要冷酷无情。

Shāngchǎng shàng yǒu shíhou xūyào lěngkù-wúqíng.

In business you sometimes need to be ruthless.

Tips

usage

酷 originally meant 'cruel/harsh' in classical Chinese. Its modern slang meaning of 'cool' is a phonetic borrowing from English. So 冷酷无情 uses the original harsh meaning, not the trendy one.

Stroke Order

冷 lěng

酷 kù

无 wú

情 qíng