泼冷水 (pō lěng shuǐ): Meaning, Examples & Usage
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泼冷水
泼冷水
(pō lěng shuǐ): Pour cold water / Dampen enthusiasm (verb/phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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Character Breakdown
泼 • pō • sprinkle; splash • HSK 3.0 · L6
HSK 3.0 · L6
pō
泼
sprinkle; splash
冷 • lěng • cold • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
lěng
冷
cold
水 • shuǐ • water • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
shuǐ
水
water
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 泼冷水.
泼
冷
水
Words with
泼
活泼
huó po
brisk; lively
泼妇
pō fù
shrew; virago
泼掉
pō diào
pour away
泼水
pō shuǐ
splash water
泼出去
pō chū qù
splash out
泼水节
pō shuǐ jié
Water-Splashing Festival
挥毫泼墨
huī háo pō mò
to wield a brush and splash ink; to write or paint with a brush, especially with bold, expressive strokes
瓢泼大雨
piáo pō dà yǔ
torrential rain
4.
How to Use 泼冷水 in Sentences
Verb + Object
with
喜欢
xǐ
喜
huan
欢
pō
泼
lěng
冷
shuǐ
水
neutral
like to dampen enthusiasm
Verb + Complement + Object
with
一盆
pō
泼
le
了
yī
一
pén
盆
lěng
冷
shuǐ
水
Verb + Object (with prepositional phrase)
with
他
gěi
给
tā
他
pō
泼
lěng
冷
shuǐ
水
Adverb + Verb
with
别
bié
别
pō
泼
lěng
冷
shuǐ
水
5.
Example Sentences with 泼冷水
tā
他
gāng
刚
tí
提
chū
出
xīn
新
xiǎng
想
fǎ
neutral
poured a basin of cold water
neutral
pour cold water on him
informal
Spoken
don't dampen enthusiasm
法
，
jiù
就
yǒu
有
rén
人
gěi
给
tā
他
pō
泼
lěng
冷
shuǐ
水
。
As soon as he proposed his new idea, someone poured cold water on it.
tā
他
jì
计
huà
划
kāi
开
yì
一
jiā
家
xīn
新
diàn
店
，
péng
朋
yǒu
友
què
却
pō
泼
lěng
冷
shuǐ
水
shuō
说
xiàn
现
zài
在
shēng
生
yì
意
bù
不
hǎo
好
zuò
做
。
He planned to open a new store, but his friend poured cold water on his plan by saying business is tough now.
nǐ
你
wèi
为
hé
何
zǒng
总
zài
在
dà
大
jiā
家
rè
热
qíng
情
gāo
高
zhǎng
涨
shí
时
pō
泼
lěng
冷
shuǐ
水
，
dǎ
打
jī
击
tuán
团
duì
队
shì
士
qì
气
ne
呢
？
Why do you always pour cold water on everyone's high spirits and dampen the team's morale?
