盛怒 (shèngnù): rage

Meanings

1 rage
2 great fury
3 towering anger

Characters

盛

shèng

abundant / flourishing

怒

nù

anger / rage

Examples

他在盛怒之下摔了杯子。

Tā zài shèngnù zhī xià shuāi le bēizi.

He smashed the cup in a fit of rage.

国王盛怒，下令处死那个使者。

Guówáng shèngnù, xiàlìng chǔsǐ nàge shǐzhě.

The king flew into a rage and ordered the messenger executed.

Tips

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Literary / formal — common in novels, history writing, news. Set phrase 盛怒之下 (shèngnù zhī xià, 'in a fit of rage') is the most natural collocation. In 宋玉's 《风赋》, 盛怒 also poetically describes a great wind — the 'rage' of nature.