倒吸一口凉气
Traditional: 倒吸一口涼氣Dictionary entry
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc)
What does 倒吸一口凉气 mean?
倒吸一口凉气 (dào xī yī kǒu liáng qì) has the following dictionary meaning.
1to gasp (with amazement or shock etc)
2to feel a chill run down one's spine
3to have one's hairs stand on end
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倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt吸xīto breathe · to suck in一yīone · single口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)凉Liángthe five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)气qìgas; air · smell
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倒吸一口凉气
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