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气愤

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

气愤 [qìfèn]
  1. 1. adjective angry
    我们对这种恶劣行为十分气愤
    We got extremely angry about this terrible behaviour.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

气愤 [qìfèn]
  1. 1. indignant; furious
    他听了这种不三不四的话非常气愤
    On hearing these frivolous remarks he became furious.
    对于这种蛮横态度,大家无不感到气愤
    Everybody was indignant at such an overbearing manner.
  2. 2. angrily

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

气愤 [qìfèn]
  1. 1. 气恼而愤恨
    严重的吃喝风令他非常气愤
  2. 2. 不宜写作"气忿"。

Examples

对于这种蛮横态度,大家无不感到气愤
Everybody was indignant at such an overbearing manner. 气愤
他听了这种不三不四的话非常气愤
On hearing these frivolous remarks he became furious. 气愤
大家看了这种情形,非常气愤
People felt indignant at this state of affairs. 情形
气愤
indignant; furious
气愤
indignant
我们对这种恶劣行为十分气愤
We got extremely angry about this terrible behaviour. 气愤
气愤
他贪污受贿、腐化堕落的种种丑行,令人气愤 丑行
严重的吃喝风令他非常气愤 气愤
It really angers me to hear you talking to her in that way.
听到你和她讲话的方式让我很气愤 anger

Collocations

非常气愤
very angry
气愤地说
to say sth angrily
气愤难平
too angry to calm down
令人气愤
irritating

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

气愤, 生气 and 发火

“气愤”是形容词,“生气”和“发火”都是动宾词组。这三个词语都表示愤怒,“气愤”、“生气”有时不一定表现出来儿“发火”一般都会表现出来。
气愤 is an adjective while 生气 and 发火 are verb-object phrases. All three indicate indignation. 气愤 and 生气 may not be outwardly expressed, but 发火 is usually revealed.
(1)因为受到了欺骗,他气愤极了。
“气愤”可带“极了”等补语,其他两个词一般不这样用。另外,“气愤”和“生气”可加状语,有时可互换。
气愤 can take 极了 as its complement, but the other two phrases cannot be so used. Besides, 气愤 and 生气 can take an adverbial and the two are sometimes interchangeable.
(2)没有得到应得的奖赏,他很生气(气愤)。
“发火”的词义是最强的。
发火 is the most intense of the three.
(3)他的行为惹得对方发火了。

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