坐冷板凳
Traditional form:
坐冷板凳
Pinyin (reading):
zuòlěngbǎndèng
Definitions:
- to hold an inconsequential job
- to receive a cold reception
- to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience
- to be out in the cold
- to be sidelined
- to warm the bench
- to cool one's heels
Characters:
- 坐 - seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
- 冷 - cold, cool; lonely
- 板 - board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
- 凳 - bench; stool
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