怒发冲冠 nùfàchōngguān to be in a towering rage Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 怒 nù nounadjective angry to become angry; to get furious; indignant发 髮 fà noun hair (bound form) hair on the human head冲冠 衝冠 chōngguān extremely angry (bound form) to be so enraged that one's hair lifts up the hat; used as a shorthand for the idiom 怒发冲冠 nùfàchōngguān