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Expression Profile · leng-ban-deng
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冷板凳

lěng bǎn dèng
📊 Corpus Indexed: 2 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom
Grammar Pattern: 📐 不是...是 →

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怎么能让你坐冷板凳呢 是不是?
00:03
怎么能让你坐 冷板凳 呢 是不是?

(你说说 你这么有才华的一个人) ── Previous context

“How can they put someone so talented as you on the bench? Right?”

《黑夜告白》 · 27:24
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好不容易 从冷板凳上毕业了
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好不容易 从 冷板凳 上毕业了

(就当了警察 进了巡山队) ── Previous context

“It took a lot to finally get off the bench.”

《生命树》 · 25:21
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