义愤填膺
yì fèn tián yīng
filled with righteous indignation
Character by character
义yì
righteous
righteous
愤fèn
anger
anger
填tián
fill
fill
膺yīng
chest
chest
Example
看到骗子专门骗老人的钱，网友们义愤填膺，纷纷留言要求严肃处理。
Seeing that the swindlers targeted old people’s money, people online were filled with indignation and left comment after comment demanding a severe response.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
义愤 is anger at an injustice, usually one done to others; 膺 is a written word for the chest. Said of a person or a crowd reacting to cruelty or wrongdoing: 大家听了义愤填膺. Not for personal annoyance (×堵车让我义愤填膺).
Learn this in Lesson 241 · HSK 9+: 黄河大合唱 (The Yellow River Cantata)
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