不絕如線
bù​jué​rú​xiàn

hanging by a thread

  • created sense approved 不绝如线/不絕如線 · bù​jué​rú​xiàn · hanging by a thread — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不绝如线 / 不絕如線

    bù​jué​rú​xiàn

    hanging by a thread

    (variant form) lingering on or barely hanging on, as if by a thin thread; in a precarious state

    不绝 (literal) → 不绝/不絕 · bù​jué · ceaseless 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 线 (literal) → 线/線 · xiàn · thread

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense