吃槍藥

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Chinese

eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
gunpowder
trad. (吃槍藥) 槍藥
simp. (吃枪药) 枪药
alternative forms 吃戧藥吃戗药
Literally: “to have swallowed gunpowder”.

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Verb

吃⫽槍藥 (verb-object)

  1. (figurative) to speak rudely or insolently; to be ablaze with anger; to be ornery