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断气

duàn qì

2-character word Traditional 斷氣

What 断气 means

1. to stop breathing
2. to breathe one's last
3. to die
4. to cut the gas supply

The characters in 断气

• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 胆小鬼在真正断气之前已经死过很多次。
  Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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