怒发冲冠
nù fà chōng guān
Pinyin

Definition

怒发冲冠
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nù fà chōng guān
  1. lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
  2. fig. seething in anger
  3. raise one's hackles

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冠军
guàn jūn
  1. 1 champion
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
怒
nù
  1. 1 anger
  2. 2 fury
  3. 3 flourishing
  4. 4 vigorous
愤怒
fèn nù
  1. 1 angry
  2. 2 indignant
  3. 3 wrath
  4. 4 ire
皇冠
huáng guān
  1. 1 crown (headgear)
衣冠
yī guān
  1. 1 hat and clothes
  2. 2 attire
冠
Guàn
  1. 1 surname Guan
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
冠心病
guān xīn bìng
  1. 1 coronary heart disease
冠军赛
guàn jūn sài
  1. 1 championship
动怒
dòng nù
  1. 1 to get angry
喜怒哀乐
xǐ nù āi lè
  1. 1 four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huān xǐ], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fèn nù], sorrow 悲哀[bēi āi] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuài lè]
喜怒无常
xǐ nù wú cháng
  1. 1 temperamental
  2. 2 moody
大怒
dà nù
  1. 1 angry
  2. 2 indignant
夺冠
duó guàn
  1. 1 to seize the crown
  2. 2 fig. to win a championship
  3. 3 to win gold medal
心花怒放
xīn huā nù fàng
  1. 1 to burst with joy (idiom)
  2. 2 to be over the moon
  3. 3 to be elated
怒吼
nù hǒu
  1. 1 to bellow
  2. 2 to rave
  3. 3 to snarl
怒放
nù fàng
  1. 1 in full bloom
怒斥
nù chì
  1. 1 to angrily rebuke
  2. 2 to indignantly denounce
怒气
nù qì
  1. 1 anger
怒火
nù huǒ
  1. 1 rage
  2. 2 fury
  3. 3 hot anger

Idioms (19)

冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
嬉笑怒骂
xī xiào nù mà
  1. 1 lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. all kinds of emotions
  3. 3 to mock and scold
  4. 4 (of writing) freely roving
  5. 5 following the author's fancy
峨冠博带
é guān bó dài
  1. 1 official class
  2. 2 intellectual class (idiom)
张冠李戴
Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
  1. 1 lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
  2. 2 to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)
  3. 3 to confuse one thing with another
弹冠相庆
tán guān xiāng qìng
  1. 1 lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment
  2. 2 to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
心花怒放
xīn huā nù fàng
  1. 1 to burst with joy (idiom)
  2. 2 to be over the moon
  3. 3 to be elated
怒不可遏
nù bù kě è
  1. 1 unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage
怒形于色
nù xíng yú sè
  1. 1 to betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
怒气冲冲
nù qì chōng chōng
  1. 1 spitting anger (idiom); in a rage
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
  1. 1 to glower at each other (idiom)
怒发冲冠
nù fà chōng guān
  1. 1 lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. seething in anger
  3. 3 raise one's hackles
恼羞成怒
nǎo xiū chéng nù
  1. 1 to fly into a rage out of humiliation
  2. 2 to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
敢怒而不敢言
gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yán
  1. 1 angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment
  2. 2 unable to voice objections
横眉怒目
héng méi nù mù
  1. 1 lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
  2. 2 to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
沐猴而冠
mù hóu ér guàn
  1. 1 lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. worthless person in imposing attire
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
衣冠禽兽
yī guān qín shòu
  1. 1 lit. dressed up animal (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. immoral and despicable person
迁怒于人
qiān nù yú rén
  1. 1 to vent one's anger on an innocent party (idiom)
金刚怒目
jīn gāng nù mù
  1. 1 to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity (idiom)

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