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💢 Anger, Venting & Heated Outbursts in Chinese

Express frustration and anger like a native. Cursing at situations, blowing off steam, fury, reacting when things go wrong.

“Welcome back aboard. I'm done swallowing my temper at the captain's table, so tonight you'll learn to say you're furious in Chinese, and then how to let it go.” — Rose, your host for this unit

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Key Chinese words and phrases

Chinese	Meaning
信号xìnhào	(phone) signal
讨厌tǎoyàn	to hate; ugh, annoying
郁闷yùmèn	frustrated, bummed out
气死我了qì sǐ wǒ le	it makes me so mad
无聊wúliáo	boring, pointless
什么鬼shénme guǐ	what the hell?
真是的zhēnshi de	honestly! for heaven's sake
搞gǎo	to do, to be up to (casual)
搞什么gǎo shénme	what are they playing at?
什么破…shénme pò …	what a crappy…
受够了shòu gòu le	to have had enough
别管我bié guǎn wǒ	leave me alone
气炸qìzhà	to explode with anger
凭什么píng shénme	what gives you the right?
点菜diǎncài	to order food
少管闲事shǎo guǎn xiánshì	mind your own business
消消气xiāoxiao qì	calm down, cool off
生气shēngqì	to be angry
发泄fāxiè	to vent
冷静lěngjìng	calm; to calm down
骂出来mà chūlai	to curse it all out
一个人静一静yí ge rén jìng yi jìng	some quiet time alone
冲着chòngzhe	facing, aimed at
好多了hǎo duō le	much better

Example sentences

我的手机又没信号了。
My phone has no signal again.

我今天真的很郁闷。
I'm really frustrated today.

我今天真倒霉！
I'm so unlucky today!

妈的，什么破天气！
Damn it, what shitty weather!

你凭什么替我点菜？
What gives you the right to order for me?

我快气炸了。
I'm so angry I could explode.

我需要发泄一下。
I need to blow off some steam

我现在好多了。
I'm much better now.

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