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冷酷 (lěng kù): Unfeeling (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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冷酷 consists of 2 characters.

cruel, severe; cool (loanword)

How to Use 冷酷 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 冷酷 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Nounwith眼神

lěng冷

kù酷

de的

yǎn眼

shén神

neutral

cold gaze

Adverb + Adjectivewith非常

fēi非

cháng常

lěng冷

kù酷

Subject + Adjectivewith性格

xìng性

gé格

lěng冷

kù酷

Idiomwith无情

lěng冷

kù酷

wú无

qíng情

Example Sentences with 冷酷

tā他

hěn很

lěng冷

kù酷

。

He is very cold-hearted.

neutral

extremely cold-hearted

neutral

cold personality

formal

cold and unfeeling

tā他

lěng冷

kù酷

de的

tài态

dù度

ràng让

suǒ所

yǒu有

rén人

dōu都

gǎn感

dào到

hài害

pà怕

。

His callous attitude made everyone feel afraid.

tā他

lěng冷

kù酷

dì地

jù拒

jué绝

le了

suǒ所

yǒu有

hé和

jiě解

de的

tí提

yì议

。

He callously rejected all offers of reconciliation.

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nán难

dào道

nǐ你

bù不

jué觉

de得

tā他

zuì最

jìn近

de的

tài态

dù度

yǒu有

diǎn点

lěng冷

kù酷

ma吗

？

Don't you think his attitude has been a bit unfeeling lately?

lǎo老

bǎn板

de的

jué决

dìng定

hěn很

lěng冷

kù酷

，

zhè这

bù部

diàn电

yǐng影

miáo描

huì绘

le了

yí一

gè个

lěng

tā她

bìng并

fēi非

lěng冷

kù酷

，

zhǐ只

shì是

bú不

zài在

shāng商

yè业

jìng竞

zhēng争

zhōng中

，

yǒu有

shí时

xū

miàn面

duì对

wēi危

jī机

，

tā他

bì必

xū须

zuò做

chū

dàn

但

hěn很

gōng公

píng平

。

The boss's decision was cold-hearted, but fair.

冷

kù酷

wú无

qíng情

de的

fǎn反

shè社

huì会

shā杀

shǒu手

。

This movie portrays a cold and ruthless antisocial killer.

shàn

善

yú于

biǎo表

dá达

zì自

jǐ己

de的

qíng情

gǎn感

。

She is not unfeeling; she is just not good at expressing her emotions.

需

yào要

lěng冷

kù酷

yì一

diǎn点

cái才

néng能

shēng生

cún存

。

In business competition, sometimes you need to be a bit cold-hearted to survive.

出

yí一

gè个

lěng冷

kù酷

dàn但

bì必

yào要

de的

jué决

dìng定

。

Facing the crisis, he had to make a grim but necessary decision.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 冷酷.

Words with 冷

冷静lěng jìngHSK 4
冷冻lěng dòng
冷却lěng què
冷战lěng zhàn
冷杉lěng shān
冷气lěng qì
冷水lěng shuǐ
冷淡lěng dàn

Words with 酷

残酷cán kù
酷似kù sì
冷酷无情lěng kù wú qíng