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暴怒 (bào nù) — violent rage, fury

Definition

As a noun, 暴怒 refers to the state of violent rage — an intense, sudden outburst, stronger and more explosive than ordinary 生气. It can also function as a verb meaning 'to fly into a violent rage'.

noun
violent ragefury

Examples

  • 暴怒。
    Tā tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi hòu dùn shí bào nù.
    He flew into a violent rage upon hearing this news.
  • 暴怒。
    bào nù De qíng xù ràng tā shī qù le lǐ zhì.
    The fury made him lose his reason.
  • 暴怒。
    Fù qīn cóng bào nù zhōng màn màn píng jìng le xià lái.
    Father slowly calmed down from his violent rage.

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.

暴bàoviolent
怒nùanger

暴 means violent, and 怒 means anger, so together they mean violent rage.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

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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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