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怒气冲冲

怒氣沖沖
nùqìchōngchōng
idiom #23,544

Meanings

  1. 1 fuming with anger
  2. 2 in a rage
  3. 3 bristling with fury

Examples

他怒气冲冲地冲进办公室，摔上了门。
Tā nùqìchōngchōng de chōng jìn bàngōngshì, shuāi shàng le mén.
He stormed into the office fuming with anger and slammed the door.
老板怒气冲冲地问是谁搞砸了项目。
Lǎobǎn nùqìchōngchōng de wèn shì shéi gǎozá le xiàngmù.
The boss asked in a rage who had ruined the project.
她怒气冲冲地挂断了电话。
Tā nùqìchōngchōng de guàduàn le diànhuà.
She hung up the phone fuming.

Tips

grammar
怒气冲冲 is an AABB reduplication idiom (怒气 + 冲冲). It functions as an adjectival predicate or pre-verbal adverbial. The 冲冲 reduplication intensifies the sense of anger surging upward.
memory
Picture anger (怒气) surging upward (冲冲 = rushing up) like steam — someone so mad they are literally blowing off steam.

Stroke Order

怒 nù
气 qì
冲 chōng