熱臉貼冷屁股

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

CEDICT

Homographs

熱臉貼冷屁股 rèliǎntiēlěngpìgǔ

Entry Composition

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

classifiers: 張, 個
3 貼 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 cold
5 屁股 pìgu
  1. buttocks
  2. bottom
  3. butt
  4. back part