坐冷板凳

to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]

surname Leng

cold

board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious

see 老闆|老板, boss

to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

wooden bench or stool / CL:張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2]

bench / stool

variant of 凳[deng4]