气短

pá dào bàn shān wǒ men gǎn dào yǒu xiē qì duǎn

爬到半山，我们感到有些气短。

By the time we had climbed half way up the hill, we were all short of breath.

pīn mìng pǎo le yī zhèn hòu biàn huì jué de qì duǎn

拼命跑了一阵后便会觉得气短。

You pant for breath after running hard for a time.

zǒng shì qì duǎn

总是气短

always short of breath

shí yàn shī bài méi yǒu shǐ tā qì duǎn

实验失败没有使他气短。

He was not discouraged by the failure of the experiment.

zú qiú duì suī rán méi yíng guo yī chǎng qiú dàn bìng méi yǒu ràng duì yuán men qì duǎn

足球队虽然没赢过一场球，但并没有让队员们气短。

The soccer team had won no games, but it hadn't lost heart.

yī shī bài jiù huì qì duǎn

一失败就会气短

become discouraged after meeting with failure