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叹口气

tàn kǒu qì

3-character word Traditional 嘆口氣

What 叹口气 means

1. to sigh

The characters in 叹口气

• 叹tànto sigh; to exclaim
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Sounds the same

Read tàn kǒu qì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 探口气to sound out opinions; to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning…

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