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恼羞成怒

nǎo xiū chéng nù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 惱羞成怒

恼羞成怒 (nǎo xiū chéng nù) means "to fly into a rage out of humiliation; to be ashamed into anger (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 恼羞成怒 means

1. idiomto become enraged over a perceived humiliation

The characters in 恼羞成怒

• 恼nǎoto get angry
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 怒nùanger; fury; flourishing

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