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倒吸一口凉气

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dào xī yī kǒu liáng qì

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Definitions

  1. 1. to gasp (with amazement or shock etc)
  2. 2. to feel a chill run down one's spine
  3. 3. to have one's hairs stand on end

Child Words of 倒吸一口凉气

一
yī

one

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

口
kǒu

mouth

吸
xī

to breathe

气
qì

gas; air

凉
liáng

the 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[nán liáng] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)

凉
liàng

to let sth cool down

一口
yī kǒu

readily

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