Hold your breath
Hold your breath, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Li ǎ NSH ē NGB ǐ ngq ì, meaning to suppress voice and breath. It describes being afraid and careful. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
The third chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "all these people hold their breath. Who is this person? He is so absurd and rude."
Analysis of Idioms
Hold one's breath
Idiom usage
It is used to describe concentration
Chinese PinYin : liǎn shēng bǐng qì
Hold your breath
study and relish the beauties of literature. hán jīng jǔ huá
have food spread out ten feet square -- live in luxury. shí qián fāng zhàng
a well-behaved and dignified country girl. lín xià fēng fàn
Summer insects can't talk ice. xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng