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七窍生烟

qī qiào shēng yāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

七竅生煙 七窍生烟 [qi1 qiao4 sheng1 yan1] /lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)/fig. to seethe with anger/

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Other forms in these source records: 七竅生煙

  • 七
    qī

    seven / 7

  • 窍
    qiào

    hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)

  • 生
    shēng

    to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

  • 烟
    yān

    cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gēn] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lǚ] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke / tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yān])

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.