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面红耳赤

miàn hóng ěr chì

4-character word Traditional 面紅耳赤

What 面红耳赤 means

1. flushed with anger (or excitement)

The characters in 面红耳赤

• 面miànface; side; surface
• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 赤chìred; scarlet; bare

Example sentences

• 这两个人因意见不合，而争得面红耳赤不欢而散。
  Zhè liǎng gè rén yīn yìjiàn bù hé, ér zhēng de miànhóng-ěrchì bùhuān-érsàn.
  Due to differing opinions between the two, they argued angrily, before leaving unhappily.