咽气
咽气
yàn qì
to die; to breathe one's last
verb
Traditional: 嚥氣
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Definitions
- (verb) to die
- to breathe one's last
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Related Words
一命呜呼(yī mìng wū hū)— to die (idiom)
→断气(duàn qì)— to stop breathing
→一鼻孔出气(yī bí kǒng chū qì)— lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
→吐故纳新(tǔ gù nà xīn)— lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
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