sik6 zo2 fo2 joek6食咗火藥食咗火药
Jyutpingsik6 zo2 fo2 joek6
Yalesihk jó fó yeuhk
Definition
To be very angry, hot-tempered, or easily irritated.
colloquialemotionpeople
How it's used
This idiom vividly describes someone who is unusually irritable or prone to snapping at others. It implies that the person is ready to explode at any moment, much like a fuse lit by gunpowder. It is almost exclusively used to describe someone's current state of mind rather than a permanent personality trait.
Examples
Why are you so angry today?
He started losing his temper the moment he walked in, as if he were full of gunpowder.
Related words
Common phrases
like someone who has eaten gunpowder
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe someone who is simply sad or disappointed. It specifically refers to aggressive, explosive, or short-tempered behavior.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
