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七竅生煙

qīqiàoshēngyān

ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄥ ㄧㄢ

Simplified 七窍生烟

  1. 1lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to seethe with anger
Example

我把亞當的手錶弄壞了,氣得他七竅生煙。

wǒ bǎ Yàdāng de shǒubiǎo nònghuài le qì de tā qīqiàoshēngyān

Adam was furious with me when I broke his watch.

Keep 七竅生煙 and it comes back until you know it.

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