冷
战

Cold war in Chinese: 冷战 (lěng zhàn)

lěng zhàn

cold war

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 冷戰1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1cold war
  2. 2(fig.) strained relationship
  3. 3to be barely on speaking terms

Stroke order

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冷
战

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄥˇ

lěng

ㄌ/ lㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄓㄢˋ

zhàn

ㄓ/ zhㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

冷战

Simplified

冷戰

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他们俩闹别扭，已经冷战好几天了。

    tā men liǎ nào biè niu， yǐ jīng lěng zhàn hǎo jǐ tiān le。

    The two of them had a falling out and haven't been on speaking terms for days.

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Related words

冷

lěng

cold

冷静

lěng jìng

calm

挑战

tiǎo zhàn

to challenge

战争

zhàn zhēng

war

寒冷

hán lěng

cold (climate)

战斗

zhàn dòu

to fight

战胜

zhàn shèng

to prevail over

战士

zhàn shì

fighter

冷气

lěng qì

air conditioning (Tw)

冷水

lěng shuǐ

cold water

战场

zhàn chǎng

battlefield

战略

zhàn lüè

strategy

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