凉了半截 — “To feel deeply disheartened or utterly disappointed”

凉了半截 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to feel deeply disheartened or utterly disappointed”. One's hopes or enthusiasm suddenly diminish. Literally, “cooled halfway”.

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凉了半截 Pronunciation and Pinyin

凉了半截 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order

Character	Pinyin	Strokes	Meaning
凉	liáng	10	cool, chilly, refreshing
了	le	2	completion or change
半	bàn	5	half
截	jié	14	cut off, intercept, stop

Example Sentence with 凉了半截

他得知比赛结果后，心里凉了半截，所有的努力似乎都白费了。

After he learned the competition results, his heart sank, and all his efforts seemed to have been for nothing.

Origin and Story of 凉了半截

Lin Daiyu, upon hearing a servant of Xue Baochai mention that the Xue family was busy arranging matters for Baoqin, felt particularly sensitive and went to sleep with her clothes on.

In her dream, she saw people sent from Nanjing to take her back for marriage, and Baoyu also urged her to return.

Startled awake from the dream, she coughed up blood, and her heart sank.

Zijuan, who was by her side, advised her to take care of her health, saying, "As long as the green mountains remain, there will always be wood to burn."

Daiyu then lay down again, feeling drowsy, and drifted into another dream.