七窍生烟 — Chinese idiom
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
Traditional: 七竅生煙
Meaning
- lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices
- fig. to seethe with anger
Character by character
- 七qīseven
- 窍qiàohole, opening, aperture
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 烟yānsmoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
Idioms sharing a character
- 七弯八拐 qī wān bā guǎi
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 七扭八歪 qī niǔ bā wāi
- 七折八扣 qī zhé bā kòu
- 七零八落 qī líng bā luò
- 乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo
- 横七竖八 héng qī shù bā
- 乌七八糟 wū qī bā zāo
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
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