sôi tiết
Definition
- Adjective:
- Boiling with rage, extremely angry: "sôi tiết" describes a state of being intensely furious, where anger is so strong it feels like one's blood is boiling.
- In the height of passion, seething with anger: It conveys a peak of emotional anger, often with a sense of being uncontrollably upset.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Nghe tin đó, anh ấy sôi tiết lên. (Hearing that news, he boiled over with rage.)
- Đừng làm tôi sôi tiết! (Don't make me see red!)
- Cô ấy sôi tiết khi bị đổ lỗi oan. (She was in the height of passion when she was wrongly blamed.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is vivid and informal, often used in spoken language or dramatic narratives to emphasize extreme anger. It is stronger than simply "tức giận" (angry).
- It can be used with verbs like "lên" (to rise/up) to form the phrase "sôi tiết lên", which means "to fly into a rage".
Variants and Related Words
- Sôi máu (adj/phrase): A very close synonym, also meaning "boiling with rage" (literally: blood boils).
- Phát điên (verb phrase): To go crazy (with anger).
- Tức điên lên (verb phrase): To become furiously angry.
Synonyms
- Giận sôi người: To be boiling with anger.
- Cuồng nộ: Furious, enraged (more literary).
- Phẫn nộ: Indignant, wrathful.
Related Idioms
- Nổi máu điên: To have a fit of rage (literally: to rise with crazy blood).
- Anh ta nổi máu điên khi bị khiêu khích. (He flew into a blind rage when provoked.)
- Máu nóng: Hot-blooded, easily angered.
- Hắn là kẻ máu nóng. (He is a hot-headed person.)
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Be in the height of passion, boil over with rage
