上气不接下气 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 上氣不接下氣 shàngqìbùjiēxiàqì ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ to be out of breath to gasp for air idiom Character by character 上(shàng)up 气(qì)gas 不(bù)no 接(jiē)receive 下(xià)down 气(qì)gas A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0