suppress anger; bottle up rage
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to suppress one's anger; to bottle up one's rage; to seethe with resentment
informalOften used with the suffix -儿 (窝火儿). The construction can be separated, as in 窝了一肚子火 (to bottle up a bellyful of anger).
Wō窝
le了
yī一
dù肚
zi子
huǒ火
。
He bottled up a bellyful of anger.
Wō窝
huǒ火
r儿
jiě解
jué决
bù不
liǎo了
rèn任
hé何
wèn问
tí题
。
Bottling up your anger won't solve any problems.
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Tā他
wō窝
le了
yī一
dù肚
zi子
huǒ火
méi没
chù处
fā发
。
He had a bellyful of anger with nowhere to vent it.
Bié别
wō窝
huǒ火
le了
，
fā发
xiè泄
chū出
lái来
huì会
hǎo好
shòu受
xiē些
。
Don't suppress your anger; you'll feel better if you let it out.