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七窍生烟

qī qiào shēng yān

4-character word Traditional 七竅生煙

What 七窍生烟 means

1. lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
2. fig. to seethe with anger

The characters in 七窍生烟

• 七qīseven; 7
• 窍qiàohole; opening; orifice (of the human body)
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist

Example sentences

• 我把亚当的手表弄坏了，气得他七窍生烟。
  Wǒ bǎ Yàdāng de shǒubiǎo nònghuài le, qì de tā qīqiàoshēngyān.
  Adam was furious with me when I broke his watch.