冷落

lěngluò

verb HSK 7-9 #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

HSK 2

别冷落了新来的同事。

Bié lěngluò le xīn lái de tóngshì.

Don't neglect the new colleague.

HSK 3

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