憋氣

憋气
biēqì
  1. to hold one's breath
  2. to feel suffocated (for lack of air)
  3. choked with bottled-up resentment

CEDICT

  1. oppressed
  2. resentful
  3. suffocated; stuffy; stifled
  4. to feel oppressed
  5. to feel resentful
  6. to feel suffocated
  7. to hold one's breath

Wiktionary

  1. 呼吸受阻礙而不順暢。
  2. 將氣憋住，不使它呼出。
  3. 心中受委屈或有煩惱無法解決宣洩。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 憋 biē
  1. to choke
  2. to stifle
  3. to restrain
  4. to hold back
  5. to hold in (urine)
  6. to hold (one's breath)
2 氣 qì
  1. gas; air
  2. smell
  3. weather
  4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
  5. vital energy; qi

Related entries

屏氣 bǐngqì to hold one's breath
我屏氣觀看眼前光景。

I watched what was unfolding in front of my eyes with bated breath.

Source: Tatoeba

翹首以待 qiáoshǒuyǐdài
  1. to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
  2. to anxiously await