WordTaiwan frequency #28,536
火冒三丈
ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄓㄤˋ
“extremely angry; furious; in a towering rage”
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火
ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Fire; flame; burning; urgent; ammunition; internal heat in Chinese medicine; hot; surname.
冒
ㄇㄠˋ
To emit or give off; to brave or face danger; to feign or pretend; reckless; surname.
三
ㄙㄢ
The number three; 3; third in order; often used to indicate multiple or repeated instances; a surname.
丈
ㄓㄤˋ
A measure of length equal to ten Chinese feet (about 3.3 meters); to measure; husband; polite term for an older male or father-in-law.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 第三ㄉㄧˋ ㄙㄢthird; the third; thirdly; third place; third in order; third one; third party; third person; third party (law)
- 丈夫ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨhusband; a married woman's spouse; (archaic) a man of strong character or noble bearing.
- 三十ㄙㄢ ㄕˊthirty; 30
- 火車ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜtrain; a railway vehicle powered originally by steam, now mostly electric; historically a fire-powered war machine in ancient China
- 三月ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋMarch; the third month of the year; third month of the lunar calendar
- 火車站ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋtrain station; railway station where trains stop for passengers to board and alight.
- 冒險ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇto take risks; to take chances; to venture into danger; adventure; a risky undertaking or expedition.
- 十三ㄕˊ ㄙㄢthirteen; the number 13.
- 感冒ㄍㄢˇ ㄇㄠˋto catch a common cold; a cold (illness); (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest, can't stand
- 三星ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥSamsung (South Korean electronics company); three major stars in Chinese astronomy (Orion's Belt); three spirits of fortune, prosperity, and longevity.
- 三百ㄙㄢ ㄅㄞˇthree hundred; used in fixed expressions or idioms to mean 'a large number' or 'many'.
- 火力ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧˋfirepower; the force or capacity of weapons; energy produced by burning fuel such as coal