冷酷无情

冷酷無情

lěngkù-wúqíng

idiom HSK 7-9

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 lěngkùwúqíng, 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 yǒushíhou xūyào lěngkùwúqíng.

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