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氣急敗壞

简 气急败坏 · 繁 氣急敗壞
Mandarin · pinyin qì jí bài huài

Meanings

  1. flustered and exasperated
  2. utterly discomfited
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Characters in this entry

氣
qì · air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
急
jí · quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
敗
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壞
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气
qì · steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84
败
bài · be defeated, decline, fail
坏
huài · rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down
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Mandarin tones

4–2–4–4 · qi4 ji2 bai4 huai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hei3 gap1 baai6 waai6

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hei3 gap1 baai6 waai6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) furious and exasperated

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