Definition
鼻息 specifically refers to breath coming from the nose, often used in literary or formal contexts. It appears in the idiom 仰人鼻息 (yǎng rén bí xī, 'to be dependent on others'). Unlike the general word 呼吸 (hūxī, 'breath'), 鼻息 carries a more concrete, physical nuance and is less common in everyday conversation.
n.
breath (from the nose)
Examples
- ，鼻息。Tā shuì de hěn chén, bí xī jūnyún ér huǎnmàn.He slept deeply, his breath even and slow.
- 鼻息。Tā jǐnzhāng de lián bí xī dōu bǐng zhù le.She was so nervous that she even held her breath.
- ，鼻息，。Zài nàge gōngsī gōngzuò, tā zhǐ néng yǎng rén bí xī, háo wú zìzhǔ quán.Working at that company, he could only depend on others and had no autonomy at all.
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