冒烟 (mào yān) — to emit smoke, to smoke; (colloquial) to get angry, to flare up

Definição

Literally means smoke is rising from something — used for engines, fires, cigarettes, and similar. Colloquially, it describes a person 'fuming' or about to explode with anger.

verb
to emit smoketo smoke(colloquial) to get angryto flare up

Exemplos

  • 冒烟
    Nà liàng jiù chē yì zhí zài mào yān.
    That old car has been smoking all along.
  • Fā dòng jī mào le yān, wǒ men gǎn jǐn tíng chē jiǎn chá.
    The engine emitted smoke, so we quickly stopped the car to check.
  • 冒烟
    Lǎo bǎn jīn tiān yì zhí zài mào yān, dà jiā shuō huà dōu xiǎo xīn yì yì de.
    The boss has been fuming all day, so everyone is speaking very cautiously.

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