奄 yānyǎnYǎn to enclose Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (5) All meanings 2 yān castrate delay yǎn cover suddenly Yǎn Yan 2 sentences 你父亲身患癌症,躺在床上奄奄一息。 nǐ fùqīn shēn huàn áizhèng, tǎng zài chuáng shàng yǎnyǎnyīxī. Your father is laying on his deathbed dying of cancer. Source: OpenSubtitles经过连续几天的搜救,人们终于在废墟下发现了奄奄一息的幸存者。 jīngguò liánxù jǐ tiān de sōujiù, rénmen zhōngyú zài fèixū xià fāxiàn le yǎnyǎnyīxī de xìngcúnzhě. After several consecutive days of searching, people finally found a survivor on the brink of death under the ruins. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary