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Conservative idioms

Idiom: Hold your breath.

Pinyin: bǐng qníng shén n

Explanation: hold your breath: suppress your breath; Concentration: concentration. Describe a high concentration against your will.

Source: The Analects of Confucius and the Rural Party: "Take a picture of Qi, bow like a man, and hold your breath like a man who never stops." Zhuangzi Sheng Da: "I don't distinguish between ambitions, but concentrate on God."

For example, the lower and thinner you sing, the less you can hear. Everyone in the garden held their breath and dared not move less. Liu E's Travels of the Old Handicapped, Volume II

Pinyin code: bqns

Synonym: concentration, concentration

Antonym: absent-minded