涨红

漲紅
zhànghóng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to flush red (in the face)
  2. 2 to turn red with embarrassment or anger

Examples

Tīng dào tā de wánxiào, tā de liǎn zhànghóng le.
Hearing her teasing, his face flushed bright red.
Tā qì de mǎn liǎn zhànghóng, yījù huà yě shuō bù chūlái.
She was so angry her whole face flushed red and she couldn't get a word out.

Tips

usage
The here is read zhàng (fourth tone) — the 'swell, distend' reading — not zhǎng ('to rise, of prices or water'). The image is of blood swelling up under the skin. Almost always pairs with ('face').

Stroke Order

zhǎng
hóng