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上火

Mandarin · pinyin shàng huǒ

to get angry
to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage

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4–3 · shang4 huo3

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verb

(traditional Chinese medicine) to suffer from excessive internal heat; to become inflamed; to have inflammation
(literary or Southern Min, dialectal Wu) to light (a fire); to ignite; to light up
(dialectal Mandarin) to get angry

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