怒火 (nù huǒ) — fury, rage | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

furyrage

Examples

怒火。
Tā xīn zhōng chōng mǎn le nù huǒ.
His heart was filled with rage.
怒火。
nù huǒ Shǐ tā shī qù le lǐ zhì.
Fury made him lose his reason.
怒火。
Tā wú fǎ píng xī xīn zhōng de nù huǒ.
She couldn't calm the rage in her heart.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

怒 means anger and 火 means fire, so the word pictures fury as burning fire.

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.

心奴怒

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

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