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日薄西山
rì​bó​xī​shān

on one's last legs

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 日 rì noun
    sun
    (bound form) the sun; sunlight
  2. 薄 bó
    to approach
    to get close to; to near or be on the verge of
  3. 西山 xī​shān
    western mountains
    (literary) Mountains in the west, or the sun setting behind the western mountains as a metaphor for old age or decline.