| 一气之下 |
yī qì zhī xià |
in a fit of pique / in a fury |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一气 |
yī qì |
at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang |
| 气 |
qì |
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 之下 |
zhī xià |
under / beneath / less than |
| 下 |
xià |
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action |