| 七窍生烟 |
qī qiào shēng yān |
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger |
| 七 |
qī |
seven / 7 |
| 七窍 |
qī qiào |
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth |
| 窍 |
qiào |
hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 烟 |
yān |
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke |
| 烟 |
yān |
tobacco (variant of 烟) |