怒发冲冠

怒髮衝冠

nùfàchōngguān

idiom #42,949

Meanings

1 hair stands up in rage and pushes off the hat
2 seething with fury
3 incensed

Characters

Examples

听到这种侮辱，他怒发冲冠，立刻站了起来。

Tīngdào zhè zhǒng wǔrǔ, tā nù fà chōng guān, lìkè zhàn le qǐlái.

Hearing such an insult, he flew into a rage and stood up at once.

将军怒发冲冠，拔剑而起。

Jiāngjūn nù fà chōng guān, bá jiàn ér qǐ.

The general, hair bristling with fury, drew his sword and rose.

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history

From 《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》: envoy Lin Xiangru confronts the king of Qin over the He-shi jade, his rage so fierce his hair pushes against his ceremonial cap. Later immortalized in Song general Yue Fei's poem 《满江红》.

Stroke Order

怒 nù

发 fā

冲 chōng

冠 guān