天寒地冻tiānhándìdòngMeanings1. (idiom) bitterly cold; frigidCharacters used天sky寒cold地-ly冻to freezeExamples1即使jíshǐ明天míngtiān天寒地冻tiānhándìdòng，路lù远yuǎn马mǎ亡wáng，我wǒ也yě要yào有yǒu对duì简单jiǎndān生活shēnghuó和hé梦想mèngxiǎng的de追求zhuīqiú。It was for a dead person rather than a living one that we were searching.