面
红
耳
赤

Flushed with anger (or excitement) in Chinese: 面红耳赤 (miàn hóng ěr chì)

miàn hóng ěr chì

flushed with anger (or excitement)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 面紅耳赤1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1flushed with anger (or excitement)

Stroke order

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面
红
耳
赤

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄧㄢˋ

miàn

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄥˊ

hóng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄦˇ

ěr

ㄦ/ erˇ/ third tone

ㄔˋ

chì

ㄔ/ chˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

面红耳赤

Simplified

面紅耳赤

Traditional

Example sentences

See 面红耳赤 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 两个人争得面红耳赤。

    liǎng gè rén zhēng dé miàn hóng ěr chì。

    The two of them argued until they were red in the face.

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Related words

红

hóng

red

面

miàn

face

后面

hòu mian

the back

前面

qián miàn

ahead

耳朵

ěr duo

ear

见面

jiàn miàn

to meet

面包

miàn bāo

bread

面条

miàn tiáo

noodles

对面

duì miàn

(sitting) opposite

方面

fāng miàn

respect

表面

biǎo miàn

surface

面对

miàn duì

to face

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