气息奄奄
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
to have only a breath of life (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 氣息奄奄
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- (verb, idiom) to have only a breath of life (idiom)
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Related Words
一枝独秀(yī zhī dú xiù)· lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
→半条命(bàn tiáo mìng)· half a life
→四谛(sì dì)· the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
→一生一世(yī shēng yī shì)· a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
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