倒吸一口凉气

倒

dào

吸

xi̅

一

yi̅

口

kǒu

凉

涼

liáng

气

氣

qì

to gasp (with amazement or shock etc) / to feel a chill run down one's spine / to have one's hairs stand on end

Characters and words in 倒吸一口凉气

倒

dǎo = d + ao3

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

倒 = 亻 + 到 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) arrived (到) in the aorta (ao3) and is greeted by Don Quixote (d), who, clumsily, topples and falls on to the ground (倒) right before Rosa when he actually wants to hug her.

倒

dào = d + ao4

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

吸

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale

吸 = 及 + 口 : Just when Marie Curie (xi) and Yuwen Huaji (及) were on a space trip in front of the space station (Ø1) they encountered an emergency: the failure of their oxygen supply. Their last hope is a hollow mandarin (口) they brought, out of which they suck (吸) their oxygen.

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

一

yi̅

口

kǒu

readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

凉

涼

liáng = li + ang2

凉 = 京 + 冫 : It is a hot summer day. To keep cool (凉), Li Qingzhao (li) hides in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) just wearing underpants (京) and enjoying popsicles (冫).

凉

涼

liáng = li + ang2

cool / cold

凉 = 京 + 冫 : It is a hot summer day. To keep cool (凉), Li Qingzhao (li) hides in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) just wearing underpants (京) and enjoying popsicles (冫).

凉

涼

liàng = li + ang4

to let sth cool down

气

氣

qì = qi + Ø4

gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

Mnemonic symbol: a balloon. The Queen of Hearts is disappointed by her balloons. She expected them to float upwards, but in the space station's bathroom, They float randomly in all directions.

气

氣

qì = qi + Ø4

gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi

Words with 倒吸一口凉气

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Sentences with 倒吸一口凉气

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