怨气 yuànqì grievance
grievance; resentment; complaint
How to remember 怨气: 怨 to blame + 气 air = grievance.
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How it is used
- Pent-up resentment felt as an atmosphere or mood - 一肚子怨气 (yí dùzi yuànqì) a bellyful of grievance, 发泄怨气 (fāxiè yuànqì) to vent one's resentment.
- Treated like a substance that builds up and needs release; note the collocation 一肚子怨气 and 满腹怨气.
- Contrast 怨言 (yuànyán), which is the spoken complaints themselves; 怨气 is the felt bitterness behind them.