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倒吸一口冷气

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Collocation

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不由倒吸一口冷气
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禁不住倒吸一口冷气
3
奇怪得倒吸一口冷气
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吓得倒吸一口冷气
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让他倒吸一口冷气

Definition

倒吸一口冷气

Literally means:

draw a cold breath

Actually means:

give a gasp of astonishment

It means that one surprised, strange or scared.

形容感到意外、奇怪或害怕。

Example

Used as predicate or complement. (作谓语、补语)
1
zhèngyào
正要
kāimén
开门
jìn
zi
屋子
  
,
rán
突然
xiàn
发现
ménkǒu
门口
yǒu
bāofu
包袱
  
Shàngqián
上前
仔细
kàn
  
,
dǎo
kǒu
lěng
冷气
  
,
miàn
里面
shuìzhāo
睡着
gāng
chūshēng
出生
de
háizi
孩子
  

He was about to open the door into the house when he suddenly found a bag at the door. On a closer look, he took a breath of air, and fell asleep with a newborn child.

2
zài
chēzhàn
车站
kàndào
看到
自己
de
tóuxiàng
头像
yìn
zài
tōnglìng
通缉令
shàng
  
,
de
dǎo
kǒu
lěng
冷气
  
,
huāngmáng
慌忙
táozǒu
逃走
le
  

He saw his head printed on the wanted notice at the station, so frightened that he took a breath of cold air and fled in a hurry.

3
ge
那个
jīng
经理
kāi
打开
le
bāoguǒ
包裹
  
,
立即
dǎo
kǒu
lěng
冷气
  
,
yuánlái
原来
miàn
里面
yǒu
xiàng
bàozhà
爆炸
zhuāngzhì
装置
de
dōng
东西
  

The manager opened the package and immediately took a breath of air-conditioning.