冷战

Traditional form:

冷戰

Pinyin (reading):

lěngzhàn

Definitions:

• cold war
• (fig.) strained relationship
• to be barely on speaking terms

Characters:

• 冷 - cold, cool; lonely
• 战 - war, fighting, battle

Traditional characters:

• 冷 - cold, cool; lonely
• 戰 - war, fighting, battle