What is the meaning of "上火“?

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  Sep 15  •  1214 read 
Is it used as an adjective ?
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Generally, it has 2 meanings:
1. oral Chinese: to get angry eg.这个小孩没礼貌,真让人上火。
2. medical term: to suffer from excessive internal heat eg.嘴唇起泡,上火了 Got cold sores on one's lips due to excessive internal heat
 0  •  Reply •  Oct 28
It means endocrine dyscrasia. You get angry or sad and your body feels like fire.
 0  •  Reply •  Oct 27
To get angry
It's a verb
 0  •  Reply •  Oct 23
As an adjective, you can understand it as anger. For example, "He made me angry" also can be said like"He made me 上火"。
 0  •  Reply •  Oct 17
It is a verb and it's related to Chinese Traditional Medicine. 上火 means there's too much inner heat in the body to cause discomfort (not necessarily sick).
 0  •  Reply •  Oct 14
to get angry
 0  •  Reply •  Oct 13
Get angry
 0  •  Reply •  Oct 11
上火 - Verb
For example - 这事真让人上火。
 1  •  Reply •  Sep 15
“上火”is a fixed word, also is a verb.
Have two meanings:
1.Traditonal Chinese medicine (中医)
for example:
我上火了,牙痛。
我上火了,眼睛不舒服。
2.to get angry.
for example:
他的行为,让人很上火。
为一点小事,犯不着上火。
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 1  •  Reply •  Oct 11
to get angry
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