xung thiên

Nộ khí xung thiên, anh ta đập mạnh tay xuống bàn.

Definition

1. Adjective (archaic):
   • Reaching to the sky / soaring skyward: Describes something of immense height, intensity, or force that appears to shoot up or rise toward the heavens. It often conveys an extreme degree.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nộ khí xung thiên. (A fury that reaches the heavens; a towering rage.)
  • Ngọn lửa xung thiên. (Flames soaring skyward.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in a figurative and literary context to amplify the intensity of an emotion (like anger) or the scale of a phenomenon (like fire or momentum).

Variants and Related Words

• Xung (v): to charge, to rush, to assault. This is the root verb implying forceful movement.
• Thiên (n): sky, heaven.

Synonyms

• Sky-high: of very great height or intensity.
• Towering: of great height or intensity, especially of emotions.
• Soaring: rising high.

Related Idioms

• Nộ khí xung thiên: (Idiom) Literally "anger charges to the sky," meaning to be in a towering rage, to be furiously angry.
  • Nghe tin ấy, ông ấy nộ khí xung thiên. (Hearing that news, he flew into a towering rage.)