怒火中烧

怒火中燒
nùhuǒ-zhōngshāo
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 burning with rage
  2. 2 seething with anger
  3. 3 fury blazing in one's heart

Examples

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā nùhuǒzhōngshāo, quántóu dōu wòjǐn le.
Hearing the news, he was seething with rage, his fists clenched tight.
Miànduì zhèzhǒng bùgōng píng de duìdài, tā nùhuǒzhōngshāo què bù gǎn fāzuò.
Faced with such unfair treatment, she was burning with anger but didn't dare to explode.
Tā qiáng yā xià nùhuǒzhōngshāo de qíngxù, lěngjìng de líkāi le fángjiān.
He forced down his burning fury and calmly left the room.

Tips

memory
Literal image: 怒火 (rage-fire) (in the heart) (burning). Imagine fire blazing inside the chest — that's exactly the feeling.
register
Stronger than 生气 (angry) or 愤怒 (indignant). Use for intense, barely contained rage, typically in narrative prose or dramatic speech, not casual complaint.

Stroke Order

huǒ
zhōng
shāo