lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger
trad. 七竅生煙
Also written 七竅生煙【qī qiào shēng yān】
Characters in this word
4七
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seven, 7
- Pinyin
- qī
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3044 of 2500
窍
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hole, opening, orifice (of the human body), (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- Pinyin
- qiào
- Traditional
- 竅
- Strokes
- 10
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500
烟
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cigarette or pipe tobacco, CL:根[gen1], smoke, mist, vapour, CL:縷|缕[lu:3], tobacco plant, (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- Pinyin
- yān
- Traditional
- 煙
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2997 of 2500