涼了半截

1. • felt a chill (in one's heart)
2. • sank

     one's heart

Character by character

• 涼(liáng)the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 nánliáng (397-414), Western Liang 西凉
• 了(le)marks a completed action
• 半(bàn)half
• 截(jié)cut off