热脸贴冷屁股 rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu

to be snubbed despite showing good intentions

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
  2. 2. to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
热 rè HSK 1
hot (of weather); heat; to heat up
脸 liǎn HSK 3
face
贴 tiē HSK 5
to stick; to paste; to keep close to
冷 lěng HSK 1
cold; surname Leng
屁 pì HSK 6
nonsense; (not) a damn thing; (usu. in the negative) what
股 gu HSK 5
(stock) share; thigh; part of a whole