泄气

Traditional form:

洩氣

Pinyin (reading):

xièqì

Definitions:

• to leak (gas)
• to be discouraged
• to despair
• (disparaging) pathetic
• to vent one's anger
• (of a tire) to be flat

Characters:

• 泄 - drip, leak, vent; to disperse; to reduce
• 气 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger

Traditional characters:

• 洩 - to leak, to drip; to vent, to release
• 氣 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger