上火

shànghuǒ

HSK 7

上火 — shànghuǒ

1. to suffer from excessive internal heat (traditional Chinese medicine); to develop symptoms such as sore throat, mouth ulcers, acne

   最近吃太多辣的，我上火了，嘴巴长了个口疮。 zuìjìn chī tàiduō là de wǒ shànghuǒ le zuǐbā zhǎng le gè kǒuchuāng — I ate too much spicy food recently and got 'internal heat'—I have a mouth ulcer.

2. to get angry; to become hot-tempered

   你别上火，遇到问题冷静想想就好。 nǐ bié shànghuǒ yùdào wèntí lěngjìng xiǎngxiǎng jiù hǎo — Don't get angry; calmly think about the problem and it'll be fine.