Chat attack

lack of oxygen

缺氧

(quēyǎnɡ) 

A: The news said a lot of people got caught up on Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest) and died.  

新闻里说珠峰拥堵多人丧生。

(xīnwén lǐ shuō zhūfēnɡ yōnɡdǔ duōrén sànɡshēnɡ.) 

B: Qomolangma? The world's tallest mountain?                        

那个世界最高峰珠峰？

(nàɡè shìjiè zuìɡāofēnɡ zhūfēnɡ?) 

A: Yup. I heard that starting in May Qomolangma experienced a rush for mountain climbing. It got so bad that a long line even formed on the mountain.                 

对。据说5月开始珠峰就迎来了登山热潮。甚至出现了大排长龙的景象。

(duì. jùshuō wǔyuè kāishǐ zhūfēnɡ jiùyínɡlái le dēnɡshān rècháo. shènzhì chūxiàn le dàpáichánɡlónɡ de jǐnɡxiànɡ.)  

B: No wonder something happened. Waiting so long definitely must use a lot of energy, it's very cold and there is a lack of oxygen.                  

怪不得。等那么长时间,肯定消耗体力过多,高寒又缺氧。

(ɡuàibùdé. děnɡnàmechánɡ shíjiān, kěndìnɡ xiāohào tǐlì ɡuòduō, ɡāohán yòu quēyǎnɡ.)

A: I heard that 14 people have died and three are missing.                  

听说已经14人死亡,3人失踪了。

(tīnɡshuō yǐjīnɡ shísìrén sǐwánɡ, sān rénshīzōnɡ le.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT