肝火 (gān huǒ) — (TCM) liver fire — a pattern of irritability and anger attributed to liver imbalance; (figurative) a hot temper, irascibility
Definition
A TCM term for irritability blamed on liver imbalance — in everyday talk it just means a hot temper. The example pattern is 肝火旺 ('liver fire flares'), meaning easily angered.
noun
(TCM) liver fire — a pattern of irritability and anger attributed to liver imbalance(figurative) a hot temperirascibility
Examples
- 肝火，。Tā zuì jìn gān huǒ hěn dà, dòng bu dòng jiù fā huǒ.He's been very irritable lately, losing his temper at the slightest thing.
- 肝火，。Nǐ gān huǒ zhè me wàng, hē diǎn jú huā chá jiàng jiàng huǒ ba.Your liver fire is so strong — drink some chrysanthemum tea to cool it down.
- 肝火。Zhōng yī shuō gān huǒ tài shèng huì shāng shēn tǐ de.Chinese medicine says that too much liver fire can harm your body.
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