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怒气冲冲 (nù qì chōng chōng) — to be furious; in a towering rage

Definition

A vivid chengyu meaning 'seething with fury' — paints the image of rage surging up inside. Emphasizes the look and manner of an angry outburst, stronger than just 生气.

idiom
to be furiousin a towering rage

Examples

  • 怒气冲冲。
    Tā nù qì chōng chōng dì zhì wèn duì fāng wèi shén me yào piàn tā.
    He furiously demanded to know why the other person had lied to him.
  • ，怒气冲冲。
    Kàn jiàn zì jǐ de chē bèi huà le, tā nù qì chōng chōng dì dà hǎn qǐ lái.
    Seeing her car scratched, she shouted out in a towering rage.
  • 怒气冲冲，。
    Lǎo bǎn nù qì chōng chōng dì pāi zhe zhuō zi, shuí yě bù gǎn shuō huà.
    The boss slammed the table in fury, and no one dared to speak.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

怒气anger
怒nùangry气qìqi
偏正Modifier + head
冲冲surging
冲chōngsurge冲chōngsurge
重叠Reduplication

怒气 (anger) is shown as 冲冲 (surging), giving a towering rage.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
奴
奴nú怒nù
Same sound today

怒 pairs 心 (heart) with 奴, which is used for its sound rather than its meaning of slave.

Open 怒 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 氣; 气 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
气
气qì氣qì
Same sound today

The traditional form 氣 pairs 米 (rice) with 气, which supplies the sound; the simplified 气 is a later abbreviation.

Open 气 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 衝; 冲 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 冲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (冲, 冲动) it is 衝; in others (冲) it is 沖.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng衝chōng
Same sound today

The traditional form 衝 shows 重 inside 行, with 行 as the meaning part and 重 as the sound part; the simplified 冲 is a later shorthand.

Open 冲 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 衝; 冲 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 冲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (冲, 冲动) it is 衝; in others (冲) it is 沖.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng衝chōng
Same sound today

The traditional form 衝 shows 重 inside 行, with 行 as the meaning part and 重 as the sound part; the simplified 冲 is a later shorthand.

Open 冲 →
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