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上火

shàng huǒ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

上火 (shàng huǒ) means "to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 上火 means

1. to get angry
2. to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

The characters in 上火

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

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