瓮里烧木炭，有火没处发甕里燒木炭，有火沒處發甕里燒木炭，有火沒處發

burning charcoal inside a jar: there is fire but nowhere for it to go out

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes being full of anger with no way to vent it.
Wordplay: 火 huǒ means literal fire and also anger (as in 发火 fāhuǒ, to lose one's temper).

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Simplified: 瓮里烧木炭，有火没处发
Traditional (Taiwan): 甕里燒木炭，有火沒處發
Pinyin: wèng li shāo mùtàn, yǒu huǒ méi chù fā
Pinyin (Taiwan): wèng lǐ shāo mùtàn, yǒu huǒ méi chù fā
Bopomofo: ㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄠㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄢˋ，ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄈㄚ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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