面红耳赤 miànhóng-ěrchì flushed with anger (or excitement)
How to remember 面红耳赤: 面 face + 红 red + 耳 ear + 赤 red = flushed with anger (or excitement).
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- Red-faced from anger, embarrassment, or heated argument - 两人争得面红耳赤 (liǎng rén zhēng de miànhóng ěrchì) the two argued until they were red in the face.
- Vivid idiom for visible flushing during a dispute or from shame; 'face red, ears red'.
- Most often describes heated quarrels; the physical redness stands in for the intensity of emotion.