窒息而死

The frogspawn needs air and would suffocate in the stagnant pool below.

要空气,在不流动的水池里会窒息而死.

But if the nextgovernment again flunks reform, it could be the peepul itself that issmothered.

但如果下一届政府的改革再度无疾而终，那可能就轮到菩树们被窒息而死了。