"Temper" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 锻炼 | duàn liàn | to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself |   |
| 节制 | jié zhì | to control / to restrict / to moderate / to temper / moderation / sobriety / to administer | |
| 性子 | xìng zi | temper | |
| 淬火 | cuì huǒ | to quench / to temper / to harden by quenching | |
| 回火 | huí huǒ | to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire | |
| 淬 |  cuì | dip into water / to temper | |
| 焠 | cuì | to temper (as steel) | |
| 煅炼 | duàn liàn | to forge / to toughen / to temper | |
| 脾气 | pí qi | character / temperament / disposition / bad temper / CL:股[gu3] | |
| 磨练 | mó liàn | to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance | |
| 发脾气 | fā pí qì | to lose one's temper / to fly into a rage / to throw a tantrum | |
| 动不动 | dòng bu dòng | (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat | |
| 消气 | xiāo qì | to cool one's temper | |
| 坏脾气 | huài pí qì | bad temper | |
| 气头上 | qì tóu shàng | in a fit of anger (idiom) / in a temper | |
| 闯 | chuǎng | to rush / to charge / to dash / to break through / to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 耍 | shuǎ | to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 酒色财气 | jiǔ sè cái qì | wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom) / four cardinal vices | |
| 玍 | gǎ | bad temper / naughty | |
| 使性子 | shǐ xìng zi | to lose one's temper | |
