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The character "怒" is structurally composed of the phonetic and semantic component "奴", meaning slave, combined with the radical "心", meaning heart, forming an ideogram that originally conveyed the concept of anger arising from a subjugated or servile heart. Its core meaning of rage or wrath has been documented in classical Chinese texts, where it described human fury as well as, through metaphorical extension, the violent force of natural elements like wind or water. While the character's primary association with anger has persisted, its application broadened to modify actions or states with intense vigor, as seen in compounds such as "怒放" for flourishing blooms or "怒涛" for raging waves, reflecting a semantic shift from purely emotional anger to encompassed descriptive intensity.
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他愤怒地大喊。
别惹我发怒。
这个消息令人发怒。
他的怒吼吓到我了。
怒视着对方，他毫不退缩。
民众的怒火难以平息。
悲愤交加，怒其不争。
强压心中怒意，保持冷静。