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迁怒 (qiān nù) — to vent one's anger on an innocent person; to displace anger onto a third party

Definition

迁怒 means to take out your anger or blame on someone who is not the cause — displacing it onto an innocent person (e.g. after being scolded at work, venting on family at home).

verb
to vent one's anger on an innocent personto displace anger onto a third party

Examples

  • 迁怒。
    Tā bù gāi bǎ zì jǐ gōng zuò shàng de qíng xù qiān nù gěi hái zi.
    He shouldn't take out his work emotions on the child.
  • ，迁怒。
    Lǎo bǎn jīn tiān xīn qíng bù hǎo, dà jiā xiǎo xīn bié bèi tā qiān nù.
    The boss is in a bad mood today — everyone be careful not to be his target of displaced anger.
  • ，迁怒。
    Shòu dào pī píng hòu, tā cháng cháng qiān nù yú shēn biān de rén.
    After being criticized, he often takes it out on the people around him.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

迁qiāntransfer
怒nùanger

To 迁 one's 怒, transferring anger to someone else.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

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