冷战 lěngzhàn Cold War
(US-Soviet) Cold War; cold war; (figuratively) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms
怎么记住“冷战”: 冷 cold + 战 war = Cold War.
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用法
- Capital-C 'the Cold War' (US-Soviet), and by extension any tense standoff - 打冷战 in this sense means a couples' silent standoff: 他们俩在冷战 (tāmen liǎ zài lěngzhàn) the two of them are giving each other the silent treatment.
- Note the near-homophone 冷颤 (lěngzhàn, a shiver) - 打了个冷战 can also mean to shudder; context disambiguates.
例句
- 冷战以苏联解体结束。 Lěngzhàn yǐ sūlián jiětǐ jiéshù.The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.