Chinese idioms, phrases, sentences about cold weather and coldness. Learn Mandarin Chinese, how to say: The Russian people are being pummeled by a winter so brutal; it’s shattering cold-weather records across the continent — and it’s only December.

Merry Christmas everyone, keep warm and have a wonderful holiday season!

Learn Mandarin Chinese, how to say: The Russian people are being pummeled by a winter so brutal; it’s shattering cold-weather records across the continent — and it’s only December.

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俄羅斯人正在遭受一个粉碎整個大陸的寒冷天氣記錄的殘酷冬天的打墼 – 而现在才是十二月而已。
èr luósī rén zhèngzài zāoshòu yī ge fěnsuì zhěng ge dàlù de hánlěng tiān qì jìlù de cánkù dōngtiān de dǎ jī – ér xiànzài cái shì shíèr yuè éryǐ .

Word by word analysis

俄羅斯 (Russia / Russian ) 人 (noun, people) 正在 ( 正在 structure indicates the following verb 遭受 is in the procession, so 正在遭受 = is (or was) 遭受ing) 遭受 (verb, suffer) 一 (number, one)个 (general measure word for winter 冬天) 粉碎 (verb, shatter) 整 (adjective, whole) 個 (measure word for continent 大陸) 大陸 (noun, continent) 的 (particle to connect attributive and the noun it modifies) 寒冷 (adjective phrase, cold) 天氣 (noun, weather) 記錄 (noun, record) 的 (connecting particle) 殘酷 (adjective, brutal) 冬天 (noun, winter) 的 (connecting particle) 打墼 (verb, attack) – 而 (conjunction to indicates contrast = yet) 现在 (noun, present, now) 才 (adverb, just) 是 (verb, is) 十二 (number 12) 月 (noun, month) 而已 (literally 而已 means that’s all; 才是/只是 …而已 structure means just)。

Can you endure coldness? This month, December 2012, many places on Earth are extremely cold. In some places of Russia, temperatures plunge as low as minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 50 degrees Celsius), and according to news reports many people have died of causes related to the subfreezing weather. As many as 21 people froze to death in just one day and hundreds more have been hospitalized with frostbite and other health complications due to such inclement weather condition. Nature is cruel sometimes. Hope your Christmas holiday is pleasant, peaceful and full of warmth. If you can, donate something — it can be as little as a coat or a sweater to some homeless people who are less fortunate than we are…. Try to be content and count our blessings ….

Chinese sentences to describe the coldness of weather, with Chinese, pinyin, English translation and audio recording.

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1这个冬季，天气异常寒冷。人们用大衣将自己捂得紧紧的，瑟缩着身子在路上匆匆行走.
zhège dōngjì , tiānqì yìcháng hánlěng . rénmen yòng dàyī jiāng zìjǐ wǔ děi jǐnjǐn de , sè suōzhe shēnzi zài lùshang cōngcōng xíngzǒu .
This winter, the weather is unusually cold. People use overcoats to wrap their bodies tightly, curl up shivering (from cold) and walk hurriedly on the road .

2北方的天气十分寒冷,滴水成冰,寒风刺骨.
běifāng de tiānqì shífēnhánlěng , dīshuǐ chéng bīng ,hánfēng cìgǔ.
Northern weather is extremely cold — when water drips, it becomes ice (right away), and the cold wind is piercing the bone.

3朔风吹，寒气逼人，这又是一个奇冷的冬天.
Shuòfēng chuī , hánqì bīrén , zhè yòu shì yī ge qí lěng de dōngtiān .
Northern wind blows, the cold air is pressing people — this is an unusual cold winter.

4天气冷得能把湖水结成厚冰.
tiānqì lěng de néng bǎ hú shuǐ jié chéng hòu bīng .
The weather is cold enough to freeze the lake water into thick ice.

5刚烧开的水,一落地就结冰了.
gāng shāokāi de shuǐ ,yī luò dì jiù jiébīng le .
As soon as it landed on the ground, the newly boiled water became ice.

6他在寒冷的北风中瑟瑟发抖,手脚都冻僵了.
tā zài hánlěng de běifēng zhōng sè sè fādǒu ,shǒujiǎ dōu dòngjiāng le .
He shivered in the cold north wind, and his hands and feet are all frozen.

Chinese idioms and phrases about cold weather:

白雪皑皑
bái xuě ái ái
Pure white snow

冰天雪地
bīng tiān xuě di
Icy sky and snowy ground

大雪纷飞
dà xuě fēn fēi
Heavy snow swirls in the air

滴水成冰
dī shuǐ chéng bīng
Water freezes as it drops – freezing cold

寒风凛冽
hán fēng lǐn liè
Biting cold wind

十冬腊月
shí dōng là yuè
The tenth, eleventh and twelfth months of the lunar year—the coldest months of the year

数九寒天
shǔ jiǔ hán tiān
Days after the Winter Solstice — the coldest days of the year

天寒地冻
tiān hán dì dòng
The sky is cold and the earth is frozen / freezing

Mandarin idiom and four word phrases about 冷 cold (lěng, Leng3):

艳如桃李，冷如霜雪
yàn rú táo lǐ，lěng rú shuāng xuě
As beautiful as peach and prune, but as cold as frost.
These two phrases are used to describe a lady or a girl has radiant beauty, however, she is pretty cold and serious.

心寒齿冷
xīn hán chǐ lěng
The heart is cold and the teeth feel cold too.
It also refers to people feel sad and disappointed after a relationship breakup or a special sad event.

头脑冷静
tóu nǎo lěng jìng
level-headed

世情看冷暖，人面逐高低
shì qíng kàn lěng nuǎn，rén miàn zhú gāo dī
Social situation can be felt through people’s cold or warm attitudes; people’s faces change according to the position and rank of the people they talk to.

如饮水者，冷热自知
rú yǐn shuǐ zhě，lěng rè zì zhī
It is like drinking water — it is cold or hot, only the person who drinks it knows.
It also means that for those things one has experienced, only oneself knows it better.

热肠冷面
rè cháng lěng miàn
Hot inside, cold outside (appearance)

门前冷落
mén qián lěng luò
Desolation in front of door
It means when one lost his or her social position, one’s friends stopped hanging out with him or her.

冷讥热嘲
lěng jī rè cháo
Cold ridicule and hot tease
It means biting ridicule and sarcasm.

冷眉冷眼
lěng méi lěng yǎn
Cold eyebrows and cold eyes
It is used to describe the look of indifference or contempt.

Lord of the Rings Theme Song — I don’t know what it is singing about, but I found it very soothing. These movies always make me feel cold and dark.

Lord of the Rings Theme Song
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