All in one's breath

All in one's breath

Chinese idiom, Pinyin read Q ì Ji é sh ē ngs ī, which means exhausted, hoarse voice. It's the same as "hoarseness". It comes from the 1911 Revolution, the Qing Archives on the peace between the north and the south.

Idiom explanation

Exhausted, hoarse. The same as "hoarseness"

The origin of Idioms

"Xinhai Revolution: the Qing Archives on the peace talks between the north and the South" says: "I'm exhausted and I don't know what to say."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: exhausted and hoarse

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attribute, adverbial; used of a person's state