die, stop breathing
叫呀，你父亲要断气了。
Call out—your father is taking his last breath.
断气了
He stopped breathing.
— 黄飞鸿之一：壮志凌云 (1991)
胆小鬼在真正断气之前已经死过很多次。
A coward dies many times before his actual death.
希望他还没有断气
I hope he’s still alive.
— 黄金三镖客 (1966)