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Change log entry 68942
Processed by: richwarm (2020-01-22 23:56:19 GMT)
Comment: "not enough breath" is not the most suitable phrase.

"This tension or muscular misuse can lead a student to incorrectly believe that they do not have enough breath to last a phrase, ..."
[Singing on Stage: An Actor's Guide]
That's not an example of 上气不接下气.

上气不接下气 is more like this:
* out of breath : gasping for air, typically after exercise. "he arrived on the top floor out of breath"
Diff:
- 上氣不接下氣 上气不接下气 [shang4 qi4 bu4 jie1 xia4 qi4] /not enough breath (idiom); to gasp for breath/
+ 上氣不接下氣 上气不接下气 [shang4 qi4 bu4 jie1 xia4 qi4] /out of breath (idiom)/to gasp for air/
By MDBG 2024
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