before catching one 's breath

before catching one 's breath

Wheezing, pronounced Chu ǎ nx ī w è ID ì ng, is a Chinese idiom, which means that the shortness of breath has not yet stabilized. It means that there is no time to rest or recover. From the outlaws of the marsh.

explain

It's shortness of breath. It's not steady. Time is short, the situation is tense, people have not yet breathed.

allusion

[source] seventy seven chapters of Water Margin written by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty: "just now I'm making progress, but I'm still breathing. I see dust rising in front of me, which is called killing liantian." [example] the seventh chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "when the village was just finished, I couldn't stop breathing. Suddenly I heard a gun behind the village, and the fire was burning all over the sky." Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged: "in the art of war, the famous saying goes," if the enemy is still breathing, he will be beaten head-on. "

usage

Use as predicate, attribute and complement