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