怒不可遏 — Chinese idiom
怒不可遏
nù bù kě è
Meaning
- unable to restrain one's anger ; in a towering rage
Character by character
- 怒nùanger, passion, rage
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 遏èto curb, to check, to stop, to suppress
Idioms sharing a character
- 不怒而威 bù nù ér wēi
- 勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù
- 喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè
- 嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà
- 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng
- 怒形于色 nù xíng yú sè
- 怒气冲冲 nù qì chōng chōng
- 怒目相向 nù mù xiāng xiàng
- 怒目而视 nù mù ér shì
- 怒发冲冠 nù fà chōng guān
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