气喘如牛 — Chinese idiom
气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
Traditional: 氣喘如牛
Meaning
- to breathe heavily like an ox
- to huff and puff
Character by character
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
- 喘chuǎnto pant, to gasp, to breathe heavily
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
Idioms sharing a character
- 一团和气 yī tuán hé qì
- 串通一气 chuàn tōng yī qì
- 勇气可嘉 yǒng qì kě jiā
- 和气生财 hé qì shēng cái
- 和气致祥 hé qì zhì xiáng
- 唉声叹气 āi shēng tàn qì
- 喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng
- 嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn
- 垂头丧气 chuí tóu sàng qì
- 年轻气盛 nián qīng qì shèng
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