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倒抽一口气

dào chōu yī kǒu qì

5-character word Traditional 倒抽一口氣

What 倒抽一口气 means

1. to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)

The characters in 倒抽一口气

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

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