<p>It's a sudden heart attack by something unpleasant and unexpected, let's say a bombshell.</p>

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dan
<p>《國語辭典》  </p>

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  <p><a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=Z00000088131" rel="nofollow noreferrer">急火攻心</a><br>
  因情緒太過激動，而造成身心一時的不適。<br>
  Because the emotion is too excited, and cause physical and mental discomfort.</p>
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<p>There are <a href="https://tw.ichacha.net/zaoju/%E6%80%A5%E7%81%AB%E6%94%BB%E5%BF%83.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">50 example sentences</a> on the ichacha site.</p>

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user16115
<p>Basic explanation refers to the mental illness caused by a person's lack of proper venting due to some uncomfortable things in life</p>

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liuxiao
<p>I don't know anything about Traditional Chinese Medicine or 'excessive internal heat'.</p>

<p>Reading <a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%A5%E7%81%AB%E6%94%BB%E5%BF%83/5968980?fr=aladdin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> explanation, I think you could, at least in some contexts, simply translate '急火攻心' as 'stress'.</p>

<p>"人由于在生活感情中遇到一些不舒心的事情，没有很好的适当的发泄出来，积压在心里。 最后导致疾病。"</p>

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2017-08-22T01:39:04.923Z
I wasn't even aware that it was a medical term, i thought it was a modern idiom.... I have a gist of what it means now but still confused on how to put it in English
Fai91
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急火攻心 is a type of disease. I'm not quite sure if it's an idiom, but it can be used as idiom I think. It's often used like 结果他急火攻心就... 他一时急火攻心就晕倒了。由于急火攻心，他病倒在床上了。 You can use it to describe the situation when some thing bad happened, which lead a person sickness.
dan
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In fact, I wasn't even aware it is a disease as it is used often as a phrase in the daily life.
dan
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Pedroski
<p>Example:
人们会急火攻心</p>

<p>Does it mean 'heart was attacked with anxiety/anxiousness'?
Therefore in the example it would mean people's heart would be anxious?</p>

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web search:  http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E6%80%A5%E7%81%AB%E6%94%BB%E5%BF%83 :  ....急火攻心是指心情发火，突然不省人事。... means losing one's temper, abruptly losing consciousness. therefore: people will lose their temper  ..."idiom" in doubt: 急火攻心  does not seem to be particularly widely used, jukuu has 1 sample, LINE dictionary has 3 with 邪火攻心
"excessive internal heat",
user6065
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(re: answer #1) although 急火攻心  literally may mean "hot fire attacks heart", "heart attack" seems to be an even more serious event often leading to death (in comment #1, between "," and "abruptly" insert "to the extent of")
user6065
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攻心  is a compound, with 心 not necessarily meaning "heart"， "现代汉语词典＂（１）从精神上或心理上瓦解对方：～战术。（２）俗称因悲痛、愤怒而神志昏迷为‘怒气功心’，因浑身溃烂或烧伤而发生生命危险为‘毒气功心’或‘火气功心’
user6065
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The meaning of idiom '急火攻心'
# The meaning of idiom '急火攻心'

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-21)

Example:
人们会急火攻心

Does it mean 'heart was attacked with anxiety/anxiousness'?
Therefore in the example it would mean people's heart would be anxious?

**Tags:** translation, idioms

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: web search:  http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E6%80%A5%E7%81%AB%E6%94%BB%E5%BF%83 :  ....急火攻心是指心情发火，突然不省人事。... means losing one's temper, abruptly losing consciousness. therefore: people will lose their temper  ..."idiom" in doubt: 急火攻心  does not seem to be particularly widely used, jukuu has 1 sample, LINE dictionary has 3 with 邪火攻心 "excessive internal heat",  
> **username_1**: (re: answer #1) although 急火攻心  literally may mean "hot fire attacks heart", "heart attack" seems to be an even more serious event often leading to death (in comment #1, between "," and "abruptly" insert "to the extent of")  
> **username_1**: 攻心  is a compound, with 心 not necessarily meaning "heart"， "现代汉语词典＂（１）从精神上或心理上瓦解对方：～战术。（２）俗称因悲痛、愤怒而神志昏迷为‘怒气功心’，因浑身溃烂或烧伤而发生生命危险为‘毒气功心’或‘火气功心’  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-08-21. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It's a sudden heart attack by something unpleasant and unexpected, let's say a bombshell.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-21. Score: 4

《國語辭典》

> [急火攻心](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Z00000088131)  
> 因情緒太過激動，而造成身心一時的不適。  
> Because the emotion is too excited, and cause physical and mental discomfort.

There are [50 example sentences](https://tw.ichacha.net/zaoju/%E6%80%A5%E7%81%AB%E6%94%BB%E5%BF%83.html) on the ichacha site.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-08-22. Score: 0

Basic explanation refers to the mental illness caused by a person's lack of proper venting due to some uncomfortable things in life


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### Answer by username_5 on 2017-08-21. Score: 0

I don't know anything about Traditional Chinese Medicine or 'excessive internal heat'.

Reading [this](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%80%A5%E7%81%AB%E6%94%BB%E5%BF%83/5968980?fr=aladdin) explanation, I think you could, at least in some contexts, simply translate '急火攻心' as 'stress'.

"人由于在生活感情中遇到一些不舒心的事情，没有很好的适当的发泄出来，积压在心里。 最后导致疾病。"

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I wasn't even aware that it was a medical term, i thought it was a modern idiom.... I have a gist of what it means now but still confused on how to put it in English  
> **username_2**: 急火攻心 is a type of disease. I'm not quite sure if it's an idiom, but it can be used as idiom I think. It's often used like 结果他急火攻心就... 他一时急火攻心就晕倒了。由于急火攻心，他病倒在床上了。 You can use it to describe the situation when some thing bad happened, which lead a person sickness.  
> **username_2**: In fact, I wasn't even aware it is a disease as it is used often as a phrase in the daily life.  

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