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喜怒無常

简 喜怒无常 · 繁 喜怒無常
Mandarin · pinyin xǐ nù wú cháng

Meanings

  1. temperamental
  2. moody
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Characters in this entry

喜
xǐ · like, love, enjoy; joyful thing
怒
nù · anger, rage, passion; angry
無
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常
cháng · common, normal, frequent, regular
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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3–4–2–2 · xi3 nu4 wu2 chang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hei2 nou6 mou4 soeng4

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hei2 nou6 mou4 soeng4

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) moody; with an unstable mood

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