潑冷水 [泼－－]

Jyutping put3 laang5 seoi2
Pinyin pō lěng shuǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pour cold water on
  2. (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    引申​指​降低​其他人​嘅​興​致
    to dampen sby's enthusiasm; literally: to throw cold water on sby or sth
    • 你唔好話我潑冷水啊，我覺得你哋呢個計劃唔會成功。
      你唔好话我泼冷水啊，我觉得你哋呢个计划唔会成功。
      nei5 m4 hou2 waa6 ngo5 put3 laang5 seoi2 aa3, ngo5 gok3 dak1 nei5 dei6 ni1 go3 gai3 waak6 m4 wui5 sing4 gung1.
      Don't say that I dampen your enthusiasm, I think your plan won't succeed.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, idiomatic, verb-object
    to throw cold water on
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3156
Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
  1. 日常用語：臺
    潑冷水
  2. 日常用語：陸
    吹冷風、潑冷水
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    大家干得正起劲，你千万不能泼冷水。
    大家幹得正起勁，你千萬不能潑冷水。
    dà jiā gàn dé zhèng qǐ jìn ， nǐ qiān wàn bù néng pō lěng shuǐ 。
    • Everyone is working excitedly, you must not ruin that energy.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔好话我泼冷水啊，我觉得你哋呢个计划唔会成功。
    你唔好話我潑冷水啊，我覺得你哋呢個計劃唔會成功。
    nei5 m4 hou2 waa6 ngo5 put3 laang5 seoi2 aa3, ngo5 gok3 dak1 nei5 dei6 ni1 go3 gai3 waak6 m4 wui5 sing4 gung1.
    • Don't say that I dampen your enthusiasm, I think your plan won't succeed.