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

dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

to breathe

one

kǒu

mouth

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)

gas; air