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半截入土
bàn​jié​rù​tǔ

to have one foot in the grave

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
半截入土 bàn​jié​rù​tǔ
to have one foot in the grave
(idiom) half buried in the earth; nearing the end of one's life; very old or close to death

Frequency

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0.009 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 半截身子入土 bàn​jié​shēn​zi​rù​tǔ

Sources

Frequency data
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