泄私愤

Traditional form:

洩私憤

Pinyin (reading):

xièsīfèn

Definitions:

• to vent personal spite
• to act out of malice (esp. of crime)

Characters:

• 泄 - drip, leak, vent; to disperse; to reduce
• 私 - personal, private, secret; selfish
• 愤 - anger, indignation; to hate, to resent

Traditional characters:

• 洩 - to leak, to drip; to vent, to release
• 私 - personal, private, secret; selfish
• 憤 - anger, indignation; to hate, to resent