火冒三丈

huǒmào-sānzhàng

idiom #29,560

Meanings

1 to get really angry
2 to be furious
3 to fly into a rage

Characters

to emit; to rise up; to brave

zhàng (unit of length ≈ 3.3 m); elder male

Examples

听到这个消息，他火冒三丈。

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā huǒmàosānzhàng.

When he heard the news, he flew into a rage.

别那么容易就火冒三丈，冷静一下。

Bié nàme róngyì jiù huǒmàosānzhàng, lěngjìng yīxià.

Don't get so angry so easily — calm down.

Tips

memory

火 (fire) + 冒 (to emit/rise) + 三丈 (three zhàng ≈ 10 meters) — imagine flames of anger shooting up ten meters high. The bigger the fire, the bigger the rage.

Stroke Order

火 huǒ

冒 mào

三 sān

丈 zhàng