发火 fāhuǒ to catch fire
to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry
How to remember 发火: 发 send out + 火 fire (Kangxi radical 86) = to catch fire.
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How it is used
- Colloquial 'to lose one's temper / blow up' - 他冲我发火 (tā chòng wǒ fāhuǒ) he blew up at me.
- The everyday, vivid way to say getting angry (more so than 生气); the 火 = the flare of anger. Literally can also mean to ignite/catch fire.