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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

屏息 [bǐngxī]
  1. 1. verb hold one’s breath

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

屏息 [bǐngxī]
  1. 1. hold one's breath
    屏息静听
    listen with bated breath
    在场的人们屏息观看这场千年不遇的流星雨。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

屏息 [bǐngxī]
  1. 1. 动 屏气
    屏息谛听。
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Examples

屏息静听
listen with bated breath → 屏息
在场的人们屏息观看这场千年不遇的流星雨。 → 屏息
屏息 → 屏
屏息谛听。 → 屏息
运动员凝神屏息,等待发令 → 发令
to hold one's breath
屏息 → hold

Word Decomposition

屏
[bǐng] 		+ 息
[xī]

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