bǐng​xī

to hold one's breath

  • created reference approved 屏息 → 屏气/屏氣 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屏息 bǐng​xī

    屏气 / 屏氣 bǐng​qì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 屏息 · bǐng​xī · to hold one's breath — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屏息

    bǐng​xī

    to hold one's breath

    To hold one's breath; to stop breathing or making a sound, often out of concentration, awe, or fear; to block out external influences and focus.

    bǐng​xí

    屏 (literal) → 屏 · bǐng · to hold 息 (literal) → 息 · xī · to stop

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense