暴跳如雷

bàotiàorúléi

idiom #20,228

Meanings

1 to fly into a rage
2 to explode in anger
3 to jump about like thunder

Characters

violent, sudden, fierce

Examples

听到这个消息，他暴跳如雷。

Tīng dào zhège xiāoxi, tā bàotiào rú léi.

Hearing the news, he flew into a rage.

老板发现数据丢失后，暴跳如雷。

Lǎobǎn fāxiàn shùjù diūshī hòu, bàotiào rú léi.

After discovering the data was lost, the boss exploded in anger.

Tips

memory

Picture someone jumping (跳) up and down violently (暴) while roaring like thunder (雷) — that image captures the extreme fury this idiom describes.

Stroke Order

暴 bào

跳 tiào

如 rú

雷 léi