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暴跳如雷

bào tiào rú léi

4-character word

What 暴跳如雷 means

1. idiomto stamp with fury; to fly into a rage

The characters in 暴跳如雷

• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
• 跳tiàoto jump; to hop; to skip over
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound

Example sentences

• 一到他知道儿子妇女的死亡的消息，他会暴跳如雷。
  Yī dào tā zhīdào érzi fùnǚ de sǐwáng de xiāoxi, tā huì bàotiàorúléi.
  Once he got the news of his daughter-in-law's death, he totally freaked out.