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七孔生煙 (cat1 hung2 sang1 jin1) — extremely angry (lit., "smoke coming out from 7 facial openings: two eyes, two ears, nose (two holes), one mouth") | also 七竅生煙 in Cantonese

catˉ¹七hungˊ²孔sangˉ¹生jinˉ¹煙
简 七孔生烟
Mandarin Pinyin: qi1 kong3 sheng1 yan1

Meaning of 七孔生煙

nounextremely angry (lit., "smoke coming out from 7 facial openings: two eyes, two ears, nose (two holes), one mouth") | also 七竅生煙
nounlit. steaming from seven holes, meaning one is extremely angry

Characters in 七孔生煙

七cat1
seven; seven times
孔hung2
of or pertaining to Confucius or Confucianism
生saang1
unripe; uncooked; raw
煙jin1
be irritated by smoke

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