热脸贴冷屁股

Traditional: 熱臉貼冷屁股

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Dictionary entry

to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)

What does 热脸贴冷屁股 mean?

热脸贴冷屁股 (rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)

2to be snubbed despite showing good intentions

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热rèto warm up · to heat up 脸liǎnface · CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]贴tiēto stick · to paste 冷Lěngsurname Leng 屁pìfart · flatulence 股gǔthigh · part of a whole; portion of a sum

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热脸贴冷屁股

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