冷嘲热讽

lěng cháo rè fěng

sneering and biting sarcasm

Character by character

冷lěng
cold

嘲cháo
mockery

热rè
hot

讽fěng
satire

同事对他的新计划冷嘲热讽。

His colleagues met his new plan with sneers and sarcasm.

Tone: negative (criticism).

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