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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 怒发冲冠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
怒发冲冠 nù fà chōng guān - lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
- fig. seething in anger
- raise one's hackles

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 42,949 68,010 50,662

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- anger
- fury
- flourishing
- vigorous
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]
chōng- (of water) to dash against
- to mix with water
- to infuse
- to rinse
- to flush
- to develop (a film)
- to rise in the air
- to clash
- to collide with
chōng- thoroughfare
- to go straight ahead
- to rush
- to clash
chòng- powerful
- vigorous
- pungent
- towards
- in view of
guàn- surname Guan
guān- hat
- crown
- crest
- cap
guàn- to put on a hat
- to be first
- to dub

Other Words Containing 怒发冲冠

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
怒发冲冠 - - 42,949 68,010 50,662