







喉长气短 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a task or process as complicated, difficult, or laborious”. Arduous and troublesome. Literally, “long throat, short breath”.

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Open the tool →喉长气短 (hóu cháng qì duǎn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a task or process as complicated, difficult, or laborious”.
喉长气短 is pronounced hóu cháng qì duǎn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 喉长气短 means “long throat, short breath”. It is used to mean “to describe a task or process as complicated, difficult, or laborious”.
比喻事情麻烦、费劲。