"Anger" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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怒气 nù qì anger
火气 huǒ qì anger / internal heat (TCM)
气人 qì rén to anger / to annoy
激愤 jī fèn to stir up emotions / furious / angry / anger
怒 nù anger / fury / flourishing / vigorous
愤 fèn indignant / anger / resentment
惹 rě to provoke / to irritate / to vex / to stir up / to anger / to attract (troubles) / to cause (problems)
忿 fèn anger / indignation / hatred
忾 kài anger
怫 fèi anger
奰 bì anger
乌气 wū qì anger
老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
怒火 nù huǒ rage / fury / hot anger
杀气 shā qì murderous spirit / aura of death / to vent one's anger
大怒 dà nù to become furious / to explode in anger
吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)
咬牙切齿 yǎo yá qiè chǐ gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth
变脸 biàn liǎn to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
发威 fā wēi to unleash one's power / (of an animal) to go on a rampage / (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc / (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger / to assert one's dominance
喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4]
出气 chū qì to vent one's anger / to breathe out / to exhale
气死 qì sǐ to infuriate / to be furious / to die from an excess of anger
恼羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation / to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
毒气 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism)
滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense
泄气 xiè qì to leak (gas) / to be discouraged / to despair / (disparaging) pathetic / to vent one's anger / (of a tire) to be flat
面红耳赤 miàn hóng ěr chì flushed with anger (or excitement)
娇嗔 jiāo chēn (of a girl) to feign anger coquettishly
灼伤 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb)
怒不可遏 nù bù kě è unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) / in a towering rage
忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
惹怒 rě nù to provoke anger
迁怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)
煞气 shā qì to vent one's anger on (an innocent party) / to take it out on (sb)
跳脚 tiào jiǎo to stomp or hop about (in anxiety, anger etc) / to dance on one's feet / hopping mad (anxious, etc)
拍案 pāi àn lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
泄愤 xiè fèn to give vent to anger
触怒 chù nù to anger sb / to enrage
气话 qì huà angry words / sth said in the moment of anger
息怒 xī nù to calm down / to quell one's anger
众怒 zhòng nù public anger / public outrage
同仇敌忾 tóng chóu dí kài anger against a common enemy (idiom) / joined in opposition to the same adversary
公愤 gōng fèn public anger / popular indignation
怒发冲冠 nù fà chōng guān lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles
气头上 qì tóu shàng in a fit of anger (idiom) / in a temper
七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
噘嘴 juē zuǐ to pout (to express anger or displeasure)
泄恨 xiè hèn to give vent to anger
撒气 sā qì to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger
睚眦 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance
作色 zuò sè to show signs of anger / to flush with annoyance
怒形于色 nù xíng yú sè to betray anger (idiom) / fury written across one's face
哏 hěn old variant of 狠[hen3] / old variant of 很[hen3] / also used as an exclamation of anger
怒气冲冲 nù qì chōng chōng spitting anger (idiom) / in a rage
嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy
眕 zhěn to restrain anger
回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
怒目切齿 nù mù qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth in anger
脸红筋暴 liǎn hóng jīn bào red and tense with anger (idiom)
脸红筋涨 liǎn hóng jīn zhǎng red and tense with anger (idiom)
迁怒于人 qiān nù yú rén to vent one's anger on an innocent party (idiom)
发指眦裂 fà zhǐ zì liè hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom) / enraged / in a towering rage
五劳七伤 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
呺 xiāo voice of anger / vast / spacious
七情 qī qíng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1] / seven relations
嗔睨 chēn nì to look askance at sb in anger
尥蹶子 liào juě zi (of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance
怒容满面 nù róng mǎn miàn scowling in anger / rage written across one's face
感愤 gǎn fèn moved to anger / indignant
泄怒 xiè nù to give vent to anger
煞性子 shā xìng zi to vent anger
甩手顿脚 shuǎi shǒu dùn jiǎo to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
疾首 jí shǒu extremely angry / infuriated / enraged / headache caused by anger
矉 pín to glare angrily / to open the eyes with anger / variant of 顰|颦, to scowl / to knit the brows
积愤 jī fèn accumulated anger / pent-up fury
义怒 yì nù righteous anger
余怒 yú nù residual anger
一腔 yī qiāng full of (zeal, anger etc)
吃枪药 chī qiāng yào (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
怒气攻心 nù qì gōng xīn (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
众怒难犯 zhòng nù nán fàn (idiom) one cannot afford to incur public wrath / it is dangerous to incur the anger of the masses
解气 jiě qì to assuage one's anger / gratifying (esp. to see sb get their comeuppance)
怒气冲冲 nù qì - chōng chōng (idiom) spitting anger / in a rage
拱火 gǒng huǒ (dialect) (fig.) to fan the flames / to fuel sb's anger
气头上 qì tóu shang (in) a fit of anger / (in) a foul mood
热血沸腾 rè xuè - fèi téng (idiom) to be fired up / to have one's blood racing / to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc)
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