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人活一口气

/ rén huó yī kǒu qì /
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Collocation

1
俗语说,人活一口气
2
人活一口气,没有骨气的事绝对不要做

Definition

人活一口气

Literally means:

a person lives for a breath

Actually means:

a person should live a meaningful and honorable life

It means one should have ambitions, aspirations and moral integrity, and make achievements in his lifetime.

指人活着要有志气,要有骨气,要事事争气,要有所作为。

Example

Used as a minor sentence or as obiect. (作小句、宾语)
1
Rén
huó
kǒu
一口气
  
Zhè
kǒu
口气
jiùshì
就是
zhǒng
jīngshén
精神
  
,
jiùshì
就是
kào
zhāo
jiānrèn
坚韧不拔
de
jīngshén
精神
  
,
chéngwéi
成为
shùxué
数学
shī
大师
de
  

People live a breath. This tone is a kind of spirit, he is relying on a spirit of perseverance, become a master of mathematics.

2
俗语
shuō
  
,
rén
huó
kǒu
一口气
  
shǒu
suīrán
虽然
yǒu
cán
残疾
  
,
dàn
克服
le
zhǒngzhǒng
种种
kùnnan
困难
  
,
liànchū
练出
le
shǒu
hǎo
shū
书法
  

As the saying goes, people live a breath. Although his hand has a disability, but he has overcome all kinds of difficulties, practice good handwriting.

3
Rén
huó
kǒu
一口气
  
,
shù
zhēng
zhāng
  
,
yào
不要
wèile
为了
diǎn
qián
jiù
zuò
zhèzhǒng
这种
méiyǒu
没有
骨气
de
shìqing
事情
  

People live a breath, the tree fights for a skin, don't do this kind of bone-chilling thing for a little money.