冷战期

冷戰期
lěngzhànqī
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 cold-war phase (of a relationship)
  2. 2 period of silent treatment

Examples

Tāmen jìnrù le lěngzhànqī, yì zhōu méi shuōhuà.
They entered a cold-war phase and didn't speak for a week.
Fūqī zhījiān ǒu'ěr huì yǒu lěngzhànqī.
Married couples occasionally go through cold-war phases.

Tips

culture
冷战 literally means the US-Soviet Cold War, but in relationship talk it's the figurative 'strained silence' sense. 冷战期 is the stretch of days when partners sleep in the same bed but refuse to speak.

Stroke Order

lěng
zhàn