倒吸一口凉气
dào xī yī kǒu liáng qì
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc)
to feel a chill run down one's spine; to have one's hairs stand on end
倒
dào
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
吸
xī
to breathe
一
yī
one
口
kǒu
mouth
凉
liáng
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
气
qì
gas; air