面红耳赤

面紅耳赤
miànhóng'ěrchì

red in the face (from embarrassment, anxiety or anger)

Wiktionary

Homographs

面红耳赤 miànhóngěrchì flushed with anger (or excitement)

Entry Composition

1 面红 miànhóng
  1. (chiefly dialectal) to blush; to feel shy
  2. (literary) to quarrel; to argue
  3. to blush; to feel shy
  4. to quarrel; to argue
2 耳 ěr
  1. ear
  2. handle (archaeology)
  3. and that is all (Classical Chinese)
3 赤 chì
  1. red
  2. scarlet
  3. bare
  4. naked