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We’re presenting the idiom 「發踴衝冠」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

The appearance of hair standing up. Describes extreme anger. Same as “hair reaching up to the crown”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fā yǒng chōng guàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

faat3 yung2 chung1 gun3

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