xù​mìng​tāng

life-reviving herbal decoction

续命汤 續命湯 xù​mìng​tāng
life-reviving herbal decoction
A medicinal soup used to revive or stimulate a dying person; a lifesaver.
a jab at someone's short lifespan
A literary allusion used to mock someone's short or precarious lifespan, originating from a historical exchange between Liu Yu and Lu Xun

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