慑息
shè​xī

to hold one's breath in fear

  • created sense approved 慑息/懾息 · shè​xī · to hold one's breath in fear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    慑息 / 懾息

    shè​xī

    to hold one's breath in fear

    To hold one's breath due to being terrified; to be too afraid to speak or act in opposition.

    zhé​xí

    慑 (literal) → 慑/懾 · shè · to fear 息 (literal) → 息 · xī · breath

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

    created sense