jiě dòng 
		to melt
to thaw
to defrost
fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng 
		to freeze
to feel very cold
aspic or jelly
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng jié 
		to freeze (loan, wage, price etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shuāng dòng 
		frost
frost damage (to crop)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng sǐ 
		to freeze to death
to die off in winter
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiān hán dì dòng 
		cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng tǔ 
		frozen earth
permafrost
tundra
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fēng dòng 
		to freeze over (of water or land)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán 
		three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng tǔ céng 
		permafrost
tundra
layer of frozen soil
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng yìng 
		to freeze solid
frozen stiff
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng róng 
		"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù dòng gǎng kǒu 
		ice-free port (refers to Vladivostok)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán 
		three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day