唉声叹气 — Chinese idiom
唉声叹气
āi shēng tàn qì
Traditional: 唉聲嘆氣
Meaning
- sighing voice, wailing breath
- to heave deep sighs
- to sigh in despair
Character by character
- 唉āialas; exclamation of surprise or pain
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 叹tànto sigh, to admire
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
Idioms sharing a character
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 不声不响 bù shēng bù xiǎng
- 人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
- 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
- 大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng
- 大声疾呼 dà shēng jí hū
- 忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng
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