热脸贴冷屁股

熱臉貼冷屁股
rèliǎntiēlěngpìgǔ

to receive a cold shoulder

Wiktionary

Homographs

热脸贴冷屁股 rèliǎntiēlěngpìgu
  1. to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
  2. to be snubbed despite showing good intentions

Entry Composition

1 热 rè
  1. to warm up
  2. to heat up
  3. hot (of weather)
  4. heat
  5. fervent
2 脸 liǎn face

classifiers: 張, 個
3 贴 tiē
  1. to stick
  2. to paste
  3. to post (e.g. on a blog)
  4. to keep close to
  5. to fit snugly
  6. to subsidize
  7. allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)
  8. sticker
  9. classifier for sticking plaster: strip
=4 冷 Lěng surname Leng
=4 冷 lěng cold
=4 冷 líng only used in 冷凙／冷𪞝
=4 冷 lǐng only used in 㓑冷
5 屁股 pìgu
  1. buttocks
  2. bottom
  3. butt
  4. back part