Long throat and short breath

Long throat and short breath

Long throat and short breath, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ó uch á ngq ì Du ǎ n, which means that although the throat is very long, it can't breathe; it is used to describe shouting and hoarseness. It's from xingshihengyan.

Idiom explanation

Throat: throat.

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty's Xingshi Hengyan Volume 17: "that Guo Shan was already eight or nine points ill, but he managed to manage it reluctantly. He had a long throat and a short breath. He worked hard for half a day, and it became more and more heavy at night."