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喘不过

chuǎn bu guò

3-character word Traditional 喘不過

What 喘不过 means

1. to be unable to breathe easily

The characters in 喘不过

• 喘chuǎnto gasp; to pant; asthma
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)

Example sentences

• 他喘不过气来了。
  Tā chuǎnbuguòqìlái le.
  He was out of breath.
• 跑上山后，我完全喘不过气来。
  Pǎo shàngshān hòu, wǒ wánquán chuǎnbuguòqìlái.
  After running up the hill, I was completely out of breath.
• 他跑得太快，以至于喘不过气来。
  He ran so fast that he was out of breath.
• 在过去一个相当长的时期里，社会都是等级制度森严并且极度不公的，做为社会阶级中最大一部分的贫农常常被赋税，战争，饥荒压得喘不过气来，痛苦不堪。
  Zài guòqù yī gè xiāngdāng cháng de shíqī lǐ, shèhuì dōu shì děngjí zhìdù sēnyán bìngqiě jídù bùgōng de, zuò wéi shèhuì jiējí zhōng zuì dà yī bùfen de pín nóng chángcháng bèi fùshuì, zhànzhēng, jīhuang yā de chuǎnbuguò qì lái, tòngkǔ bùkān.
  For a long time, society was strongly hierarchical and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished segment of the population, they were crushed by the weight of taxes, wars, and famines.

Words starting with 喘不过

• 喘不过气来chuǎn bu guò qì láito be unable to breathe