# 泼冷水 (pōlěngshuǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 泼冷水 (pōlěngshuǐ) means “to pour cold water on; to discourage”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to pour cold water on; to discourage
- Pinyin: pōlěngshuǐ (po1 leng3 shui3)
- Traditional: 潑冷水
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 别人努力时，别总是泼冷水。
  Biérén nǔlì shí, bié zǒng shì pō lěngshuǐ.
  When others are working hard, do not discourage them.

## Characters

- [泼](https://hanziro.com/word/po-splash/) (pō): to splash; to spill
- [冷](https://hanziro.com/word/leng-cold/) (lěng): cold
- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water

https://hanziro.com/word/po-leng-shui-pour-cold-water/

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