大怒

dànù
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to become furious
  2. 2 to fly into a rage
  3. 3 to explode in anger

Examples

Huángshang wén xùn dànù, lìkè zhàojiàn dàchén.
Hearing the news, the emperor flew into a rage and immediately summoned his ministers.
Tā kànjiàn zhàngdān hòu bórán dànù.
She was instantly furious upon seeing the bill.

Tips

register
More literary than spoken 生气 (shēngqì). Common collocations: 勃然大怒 (suddenly furious), 大怒 (the dragon countenance — i.e. emperor — flies into a rage).
memory
(great) + (anger). The character places (heart) under — anger as the heart enslaved.

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