qī qiào shēng yān

Traditional: 七竅生煙

七窍生烟 (qī qiào shēng yān) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 七窍生烟

七qī · seven窍qiào · hole生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born烟yān · cigarette or pipe tobacco

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday生意life force生意business学生student人生life (one's time on earth)

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