| 热脸贴冷屁股 |
rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu |
to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom) / to be snubbed despite showing good intentions |
| 热 |
rè |
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent |
| 脸 |
liǎn |
face / CL:张,个 |
| 贴 |
tiē |
to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip |
| 冷 |
Lěng |
surname Leng |
| 冷 |
lěng |
cold |
| 屁 |
pì |
fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing |
| 屁股 |
pì gu |
buttocks / bottom / butt / back part |
| 股 |
gǔ |
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科 / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions |