冷酷

• Pinyin: lěng kù
• Desglose de hanzi: 冷 = 冫(ice radical) + 令 (command — cold); 酷 = 酉 (fermented) + 告 (declare — intensely harsh)

Significado

cruel; despiadado; implacable

Applied to people, attitudes, or actions that are unfeeling and harsh. Stronger than 严厉 (strict) in that it implies a complete absence of kindness. Common in literary descriptions of villains, authoritarian figures, and pitiless systems.

Ejemplos

1. 这位将军以冷酷著称，从不对失职士兵手下留情。
2. 他冷酷的眼神让在场的所有人都不寒而栗。
3. 市场竞争有时是冷酷的，弱小的企业往往毫无还手之力。

Guía de uso

Contexto: literature, politics, business, characterisation

Tono: negative

Correcto

• 他以冷酷的态度拒绝了所有求情。(He rejected all pleas with cold-hearted indifference.)
• 历史上不乏以冷酷手段维持权力的统治者。(History is not short of rulers who maintained power through ruthless means.)

Incorrecto

• 把冷酷与冷静混用 — 冷静表示镇定理智，冷酷暗含无情残忍，语义完全不同

Origen e historia

冷 (cold) + 酷 (cruel/harsh)

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal