Beijing in March still has that biting early-spring chill.
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history
From the Song-dynasty Chan Buddhist text 《五灯会元》: 春寒料峭,冻杀年少 — 'the early-spring chill freezes the young to death.'
usage
料峭 (liàoqiào) literally means 'slightly cold' and almost exclusively pairs with 春寒 in modern use. Reserve this idiom for late-winter / early-spring settings, not general cold weather.