一肚火
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
belly; tripe | fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一肚火) | 一 | 肚 | 火 | |
| simp. #(一肚火) | 一 | 肚 | 火 | |
| Literally: “(to have) a stomach full of fire”. | ||||
Pronunciation
Phrase
一肚火
- (Cantonese, Teochew) to be furious
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “肚 (tó)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 551:
See also
- 一肚子 (yīdùzi)
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