created sense approved 胁息/脅息 · xiéxī · terrified — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
胁息 / 脅息
xiéxī
terrified
(literary) extremely frightened or scared; so fearful that one holds one's breath
xiéxí
胁 (literal) → 胁/脅 · xié · to shrink 息 (literal) → 息 · xī · breath
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 胁息/脅息 · xiéxī · to hold one's breath — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
胁息 / 脅息
xiéxī
to hold one's breath
(literary) to stop breathing or hold one's breath, often to make one's waist appear thinner or due to extreme sorrow
xiéxí
胁 (literal) → 胁/脅 · xié · to shrink 息 (literal) → 息 · xī · breath
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition